Demographic Collapse: Indian Peru, 1520–1620

Noble David Cook

doi:10.1017/CBO9780511572715

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, 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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Demographic Collapse

Indian Peru, 1520–1620

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Frontmatter
pp i-iv

Contents
pp v-v

List of tables, figures, and maps
pp vi-viii

Preface
pp ix-x

Introduction: The problem in perspective
pp 1-8

Part I - Peru's preconquest population
pp 9-13

1 - The ecological approach
pp 14-29

2 - Population and archaeology
pp 30-40

3 - Depopulation ratios
pp 41-54

4 - Estimates from social organization
pp 55-58

5 - Disease mortality models
pp 59-74

6 - Census projections
pp 75-107

7 - Conclusion
pp 108-114

Part II - Demographic collapse
pp 115-118

8 - First contact: north coast
pp 119-144

9 - Center of Spanish control: middle coast
pp 145-164

10 - Disease, earthquakes, and droughts: south coast
pp 165-177

11 - Intermediate area: northern highlands
pp 178-198

12 - Mining and population in the central sierra
pp 199-210

13 - The Indian heartland: southern highlands
pp 211-246

14 - An overview
pp 247-255

Abbreviations used in notes
pp 256-256

Notes
pp 257-280

Bibliography
pp 281-297

Index
pp 298-308

Titles in the series
pp 309-314

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