Populations and Settled Areas for Medieval European Cities

Part of the Social Reactors Project datasets project

Creator(s): Rudolf Cesaretti

Year: 2016

Summary

Data analyzed in the paper, "Population-Area Relationship for Medieval European Cities," by Rudolf Cesaretti, Jose Lobo, Luis M. A. Bettencourt, Scott G. Ortman, and Michael E. Smith, published in PLOS ONE in September, 2016.

Cite this Record

Populations and Settled Areas for Medieval European Cities. Rudolf Cesaretti. PLOS ONE. 2016 ( tDAR id: 425999) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8KK9DRJ

URL: http://journals.plos.org/plosone/article?id=10.1371/journal.pone.0162678


Data Set Structure

Measurement Column
Count Column
Coded Column
Filename Column
Integration Column (has Ontology)

Table Information: MedievalCitiesPopArea

Column Name Data Type Type Category Coding Sheet Ontology Search
UrbanSytem Modern nation in which city occurs
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
longitude DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
latitude DOUBLE  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
Area Settled area estimate, from maps and historical sources
DOUBLE  Measurement (hectare) uncategorized none none true
Pop Population estimate, from historical sources
BIGINT  Count uncategorized none none true
Settlement City name
VARCHAR  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true
S2 Number Record counter
BIGINT  Uncoded Value uncategorized none none true

Keywords

Culture
Medieval

Investigation Types
Historic Background Research • Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis • Reconnaissance / Survey

General
Historic Settlement Pattern

Geographic Keywords
Western Europe

Temporal Keywords
Medieval

Temporal Coverage

Calendar Date: 1200 to 1400 (Historical records)

Spatial Coverage

min long: -13.975; min lat: 36.173 ; max long: 19.424; max lat: 59.712 ;

Individual & Institutional Roles

Contact(s): Scott Ortman

File Information

  Name Size Creation Date Date Uploaded Access
MedievalCitiesPopArea.csv 9.13kb Oct 11, 2016 Oct 11, 2016 3:46:53 PM Public
Raw Data for Medieval European Cities, ca. 1300 A.D.
  • Translated version MedievalCitiesPopArea_translated.xlsx (12.63kb)
    Data column(s) in this dataset have been associated with coding sheet(s) and translated: