-Caveat Lector-
In a message dated 1/7/99 1:39:42 AM Eastern Standard Time, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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> the estimates as ranging from the lower end of the scale
> with Kroeber (1939) at some 9,000,000 Indians to the highest estimate
> 12,000,000 Dobyns (1966) with Dobyns being considered by far the more
> inflationary scholar. The chart is actually solidly placed as far as
> estimates go -- all the scholars except for Dobyns fall within the range
> of 1-3 million indigenous population in North America in A.D. 1500 with
> nearly 8 of the scholars citing a figure at about one million maximum.
> North America is defined as including Canada, U.S., and Arctic.
I' a bit confused. Does the 9-12 million range pertain to extant populations
while the 1-3 million applies to 1500? Is the existing population not known
to a fair degree of accuracy from census figures? What am i missing here?
Jerry
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