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How Many People Lived in the Chaco Regional System, and Why It Matters
Timothy A. Kohler, Laura E. Brumbaugh, R. Kyle Bocinsky, 2025. KIVA 91(4): 361-391.
Estimates the population of the Chaco regional system at its height with an Ideal Free Distribution model and argues that even the highest earlier estimates are somewhat too low, citing a greener landscape before 1200 and high crude birth rates; reads the post-1040 expansion through colonial-system models, with roads and shrines as expected features of a polity of that size.
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The 2025 population revision, upward at the regional scale.
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Kohler, T. A., Brumbaugh, L. E., & Bocinsky, R. K. (2025). How Many People Lived in the Chaco Regional System, and Why It Matters. KIVA 91(4): 361-391. https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2025.2553441
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Kohler, Timothy A. et al.. “How Many People Lived in the Chaco Regional System, and Why It Matters.” KIVA 91(4): 361-391 (2025). https://doi.org/10.1080/00231940.2025.2553441.