Microdemographic Determinants of Population Recovery Among the Northern Aché

Document Type

Article

Authors

Jack D. Baker Jr, University of New MexicoFollow
Kim Hill, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
A. Magdalena Hurtado, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ
Adelamar Alcantara, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM
Eddie Hunsinger, Alaska Department of Labor and Workforce Development, Juneau, AK
Webb Sprague, Washington Office of Financial Management, Olympia, WA

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Abstract

A pattern of population crash and rapid recovery is a common feature of the pacification and settlement experience of the indigenous peoples of tropical South America. Despite the obvious importance of these events to the demographic and anthropological sciences as a whole, as well as their significant practical implications, little is known about the microdemographic determinants of these paired phenomena. Using methods of asymptotic and stochastic demographic analysis, we reconstructed the microdemographic drivers of this history among one indigenous population: the Northern Aché of eastern Paraguay. This article explores the implications of these relationships for understanding the overall demographic turnaround observed within similar groups, as well as for the future trajectory of the Northern Aché in particular.

Recommended Citation

Baker, Jack D. Jr; Hill, Kim; Hurtado, A. Magdalena; Alcantara, Adelamar; Hunsinger, Eddie; and Sprague, Webb (2015) "Microdemographic Determinants of Population Recovery Among the Northern Aché," Human Biology: Vol. 87: Iss. 1, Article 2.
Available at: https://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/humbiol/vol87/iss1/2