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North American Indian population size, A.D. 1500 to 1985
Author(s) -
Ubelaker Douglas H.
Publication year - 1988
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.1330770302
Subject(s) - tribe , population , population size , geography , demography , ethnology , history , anthropology , sociology
Production of the Smithsonian's Handbook of North American Indians has enabled new tribe‐by‐tribe estimates of North American Indian population size. Collectively these data suggest that population numbered about 1,894,350 at about A.D. 1500. Epidemics and other factors reduced this number to only 530,000 by 1900. Modern data suggest that by 1985 population size has increased to over 2.5 million.