Book: Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620 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 is 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.
Details of Book: Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620 Book: Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520-1620
Author: Noble David Cook, Alan Knight
ISBN: 0521523141
ISBN-13: 9780521523141
, 978-0521523141
Binding: Paperback
Publishing Date: 07062004
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Number of Pages: 324
Language: English