Patterns of population decline following European contact and colonization: The cases of Tahiti and the Marquesas
Recent archaeological data assess that Tahiti and the Marquesas Islands were densely populated at contact with the Europeans and then experienced a tremendous decline. This phenomenon is most often attributed to epidemics, while a steady negative increase is rarely mentioned. This paper shows that t...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Moscow State University, Faculty of Economics
2022-08-01
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| Series: | Население и экономика |
| Online Access: | https://populationandeconomics.pensoft.net/article/81900/download/pdf/ |