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Prehistoric New World population size: Historical review and current appraisal of North American estimates
Author(s) -
Ubelaker Douglas H.
Publication year - 1976
Publication title -
american journal of physical anthropology
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 1.146
H-Index - 119
eISSN - 1096-8644
pISSN - 0002-9483
DOI - 10.1002/ajpa.1330450332
Subject(s) - prehistory , population , geography , population size , demography , archaeology , sociology
Prehistoric North American tribal population estimates recently submitted for publication in the Handbook of North American Indians are markedly higher than those estimates published by Mooney in 1928 and subsequently used by Kroeber (1939) and others. Although these estimates reflect the current trend among prehistorians to accept larger prehistoric population estimates than suggested by Mooney, they fall considerably short of those recently predicted by Borah (1964) and Dobyns (1966).