EIDs in the Southwest U.S. and Northwest Mexico
Summary
Repository for programs (written in R, and executable in RStudio, both open source) simulating the role of disease in the prehistoric Southwest U.S. and Northwest Mexico.
Cite this Record
EIDs in the Southwest U.S. and Northwest Mexico. ( tDAR id: 432145) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8ZK5KB4
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Keywords
Culture
Ancestral Puebloan
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Fremont
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Hohokam
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Mogollon
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Patayan
Investigation Types
Methodology, Theory, or Synthesis
General
Aggregation
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Depopulation
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Disease
Geographic Keywords
demography
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depopulation
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disease
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Northwest Mexico
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Southwest United States
Temporal Keywords
Ceramic Period
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Formative Period
Temporal Coverage
Calendar Date: 500 to 1550
Spatial Coverage
min long: -114.521; min lat: 27.606 ; max long: -104.238; max lat: 39.096 ;
Individual & Institutional Roles
Contact(s): David Phillips
Notes
General Note: Application of standard epidemiological models to propose a hypothesis that population loss and territorial contraction were due to Emerging Infectious Diseases or EIDs triggered by population aggregation in the late precontact southwest U.S. and northwest Mexico.
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