Demographic Collapse

Indian Peru, 1520 1620

By: Noble David Cook, Alan Knight (Editor)

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While many scholars have been interested in the size of the Indian population of the Americas at the time of first contact with Europeans, this book, first published in 1982, was the first to make a thorough examination of the question. Focusing on Peru, Professor Cook estimates population size on the basis of archaeology, carrying capacity of the agricultural systems, disease mortality, depopulation ratios, and census projection. He also analyses the catastrophic population decline that resulted from contact with Europeans, and compares this experience with that of the coastal region and the Andean highlands.

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Published: 26th April 1982

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List of tables, figures and maps
Preface
Introduction: the problem in perspective
Perus Preconquest Population
The ecological approach
Population and archaeology
Depopulation ratios
Estimates from social organization
Disease mortality models
Census projections
Conclusion
Demographic Collapse
First contact: north coast
Center of Spanish control: middle coast
Disease, earthquakes, and droughts: south coast
Intermediate area: northern highlands
Mining and population in the central sierra
The Indian heartland: southern highlands
An overview
Abbreviations used in notes
Notes
Bibliography
Index
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