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Demographic Structure of Pecos Indians: A Model Based on Life Tables

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Charles M. Mobley
Charles M. Mobley*
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Southern Methodist University, Dallas, TX 75222
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Abstract

Age-at-death data on over 2,000 burials from two pueblo sites in New Mexico are subjected to demographic analysis. Prior studies are reviewed to illustrate deficiencies and qualifications in the data base and the analytical method. The skeletal assemblage is subdivided into seven samples by chronological phase, and life tables are constructed. Aspects such as mortality and life expectancy are then examined for each phase and a diachronic model of demographic structure is developed for Pecos Indians between A.D. 1150 and 1700.

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American Antiquity , Volume 45 , Issue 3 , July 1980 , pp. 518 - 530
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1980 

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