A modeling approach to estimate the historical population size of the Patagonian Kawesqar people

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dc.contributor.authorEstay, Sergio A.
dc.contributor.authorLopez, Daniela N.
dc.contributor.authorSilva, Carmen P.
dc.contributor.authorGayo, Eugenia M.
dc.contributor.authorMcRostie, Virginia
dc.contributor.authorLima, Mauricio
dc.date.accessioned2025-01-20T21:13:34Z
dc.date.available2025-01-20T21:13:34Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.description.abstractThe study of human-gatherers societies' demography used to be a difficult task due to the lack of direct evidence to support the estimations. This is the case of several human groups from Pacific Patagonia whose historical population size estimations are controversial. This study estimated the historical population size for the Kawesqar people using direct and indirect evidence. Thus, we collated past estimations from experts and encounter rates distribution in time and space to generate a statistical approximation for population size. We used weights to include the reliability of such past estimations under three modeling scenarios. Our results indicate that the historical population ranged roughly between 3700 and 3900 individuals before the massive contact with Chileans and European people. The approach developed here for combining and integrating different evidence for estimating population in Kawesqar people, emerges as a promising and valuable tool to study the demography of other hunter-gatherer societies in South America.
dc.fuente.origenWOS
dc.identifier.doi10.1177/09596836221080761
dc.identifier.eissn1477-0911
dc.identifier.issn0959-6836
dc.identifier.urihttps://doi.org/10.1177/09596836221080761
dc.identifier.urihttps://repositorio.uc.cl/handle/11534/93711
dc.identifier.wosidWOS:000772476300001
dc.issue.numero6
dc.language.isoen
dc.pagina.final583
dc.pagina.inicio578
dc.revistaHolocene
dc.rightsacceso restringido
dc.subjectcanoeists
dc.subjecthunter-gatherers
dc.subjectKawesqar
dc.subjectPatagonia
dc.subjectpopulation size
dc.subject.ods13 Climate Action
dc.subject.odspa13 Acción por el clima
dc.titleA modeling approach to estimate the historical population size of the Patagonian Kawesqar people
dc.typeartículo
dc.volumen32
sipa.indexWOS
sipa.trazabilidadWOS;2025-01-12
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