Estimating prehistoric American Indian population size for united states area
Implications of the nineteenth century population decline and nadir
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 8312419 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Russell Thornton (0000-0003-2854-3720, University of Minnesota), Joan Marsh‐Thornton (University of Minnesota) |
| Year | 1981 |
| Volume | 55 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 47-53 |
| Publication date | 1981-05-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Journal of Physical Anthropology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-9483 • E-ISSN: 1096-8644 |
| Publisher | Wiley (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1002/ajpa.1330550108 |
| OpenAlex | W2094970805 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 12 |
| References cited | 15 |
Implications of a revised United States American Indian nadir population and the pattern of decline leading to it are examined. Substituting the new nadir for that used by Dobyns (1966) lowers by several million his estimates of Indian population for the United States (and Canada) area. These estimates then become more compatible with ones currently being suggested by other scholars. The nineteenth century decline leading to this nadir is found to be remarkably linear. Assuming linearity in decline from initial European contact through the eighteenth century, an aboriginal population estimate of 1,845,183 for the United States area may be extrapolated, along with estimates for intervening years. The nineteenth century decline is then graphed with the data extrapolated to 1492. The resulting pattern of population decline is quite different from the ones suggested by Mooney (1928) and Dobyns (1966)
Archaeology · Geography · Nadir · Physical geography · Population · Population decline · Population growth · Prehistory · Projections of population growth · Sociology · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Colonialism, slavery, and trade · Demography · Historical Economic and Social Studies
Using spatial analysis to estimate depopulation for Native American populations in northeastern North America, AD 1616–1645
Contested Bodies
Historical Demography
Racialized Homelessness
Eastern North American Population at ca. A.D. 1500
Population History of the Onondaga and Oneida Iroquois, A.D. 1500–1700
Social Organization and the Demographic Survival of the Tolowa
Smallpox and Native American mortality
American Indian Population Recovery following Smallpox Epidemics
The physical anthropology of the American Indian
Ethnic reorganization
The Peopling of the New World
Letters and Notes on the Manners, Customs and Conditions of North American Indians : The Complete Volumes I and II
The invasion of America
Native Population of the Americas in 1492
Cultural and Natural Areas of Native North America
Prehistoric New World population size
The Demography of the American Indians
Implications of Catlin's American Indian population estimates for revision of Mooney's estimate
Native American Historical Demography
Native American Historical Demography. A Critical Bibliography
The Indian Population of California
Recent Estimates of the Prehistoric California Indian Population
On the Population Nadir of Indians in the United States
An Appraisal of Techniques with a New Hemispheric Estimate
| Unique citing works | 12 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,28 |
| Citation span | 1983 - 2022 (40) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 10 |