Crash and rebound of indigenous populations in lowland South America

• Published in: Scientific reports Vol. 4; no. 1; p. 4541
• Main Authors: Hamilton, Marcus J., Walker, Robert S., Kesler, Dylan C.
• Format: Journal Article
• Language: English
• Published: London Nature Publishing Group UK 01.04.2014; Nature Publishing Group
• Subjects: 631/158; 631/158/1745; Brazil; Censuses; Humanities and Social Sciences; Humans; Models, Theoretical; multidisciplinary; Population Density; Population Dynamics; Population Groups; Science; Brazil
• ISSN: 2045-2322; 2045-2322
• DOI: 10.1038/srep04541

Lowland South America has long been a battle-ground between European colonization and indigenous survival. Initial waves of European colonization brought disease epidemics, slavery and violence that had catastrophic impacts on indigenous cultures. In this paper we focus on the demography of 238 surv...