| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| Polity | The Seshat Polity ID |
| Year(s) | The years for which we have the data. [negative = BCE] |
| Tag | [Evidenced, Disputed, Suspected, Inferred, Unknown] |
| Verified | A Seshat Expert has approved this piece of data. |
| Variable | Definition |
|---|---|
| polity_population_from | The lower range of polity population for a polity. |
| polity_population_to | The upper range of polity population for a polity. |
| # | Polity | Year(s) | Polity Population from | Polity Population to | Description | Edit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 311 |
(Late Greater Coclé) |
Full Year Range of Late Greater Coclé is assumed. [1000, 1515] |
None |
None |
Unfortunately, much of the settlement data for Coclé and adjacent regions is inadequate to the task of reconstructing chiefly territories, largely because of a lack of site histories detailing phase-by-phase changes in site size, population, and relative status differences.' [Menzies_Haller 2012, p. 459] Berrey notes that 'systematic, full-coverage regional survey[s]' have now been carried out in two valleys of Central Panama: Río Tonosí (home to the Guaniquito Abajo site) and Río Paritá (home to El Hatillo). [Berrey 2015, p. 200] Densities of ceramic sherds have been used to produce demographic estimates for these two river valleys for the later 1st millennium BCE, [Berrey 2015, p. 200] but I have not found an estimate of the population of one of the Central Panamanian chiefdoms between 1100 CE and Spanish contact. | |
| 312 |
(Maitraka Dynasty) |
Full Year Range of Maitraka Dynasty is assumed. [470, 790] |
None |
None |
People. "Although it is not possible to estimate figures, the increase in settlements indicates that the population must have grown considerably from the eleventh century onwards." [Sheikh 2003, p. 25] | |
| 313 |
(Middle Greater Coclé) |
Full Year Range of Middle Greater Coclé is assumed. [700, 1000] |
None |
None |
Unfortunately, much of the settlement data for Coclé and adjacent regions is inadequate to the task of reconstructing chiefly territories, largely because of a lack of site histories detailing phase-by-phase changes in site size, population, and relative status differences.' [Menzies_Haller 2012, p. 459] | |
| 315 |
(Monte Alban V Early Postclassic) |
Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Early Postclassic is assumed. [900, 1099] |
8127 |
10836 |
The overall population of the valley increased during this period, but was divided into numerous (15-20) smaller political entities. [Feinman_et_al 1985, pp. 59-61] The population of the whole valley (based on the total of settlement population estimates) would have been 95,523-229,581 people. [Kowalewski_et_al -1] A very coarse estimate of the average polity population is taken as the average between the higher and lower population estimates for the whole valley (162,552 people) divided by 15 and 20 to give a higher and lower range of polity size (10,836 and 8,127 people respectively). The precise numbers for the polity population estimates should not be taken as accurate predictions of polity population size. "Table 7.1. Monte Alban V sites in Valley of Oaxaca subareas." [Feinman_Nicholas 2017, p. 99] Etla: 15404; Central: 20,839; N Valle Grande: 24938; S Valle Grande 23919; W Tlacolula: 41255; E Tlacolula: 40119; Ejutla: 19970; Albarradas: 5416; Sola: 9168. Total: 201,028 "Table 10.1. Population of Late Postclassic polities in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca." [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 158] Population 'shatter zone': Coatecas: 3500; Coyotepec: 4600; Eastern Etla: 9900; Ejutla: 4300; El Choco: 4200; El Vergel: 4100; Huitzo: 3500; Ixlahuaca: 5900. Jalieza: 8800; Macuilxochitl: 23400; Matatlan: 3100; Mitla: 23000; Quialana: 5700; Sa'a Yucu: 18800; San Luis Beltran: 3000; San Miguel de Valle: 4200. San Pedro Martir: 16600; Taniche: 5000; Teitipac: 9300; Tlalixtac: 9200; Tlapacoyan: 3300; Tule: 2500; Yagul/Tlacolula: 8300. Zautla/Tejalapan: 2400. Mean size: 7,700. [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 158] Don't understand why in the list below this one in the same table for 'Centers/Ethnhnohistory' many of these polities have different, larger populations. There is also a "Table 10.2. Population of other Late Postclassic polities in highland Oaxaca" which has an even longer list. [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 159] "Table 11.3. Population in the largest centers, by phase, in Oaxaca and Ejutla." [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 183] Valley of Oaxaca population (Largest center in Oaxaca): Tierras Largas: 327 (128); San Jose: 1942 (1384); Guadalupe: 1788 (774); Rosario: 1835 (564); Early I: 14652 (5250); Late I: 51339 (17242); Monte Alban II: 41927 (14492); Monte Alban IIIA: 120121 (16507); Monte Alban IIIB: 78930 (24189); Monte Alban IV: 77612 (16117); Monte Alban V: 166467 (13831). [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 183] |
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| 316 |
(Monte Alban V Late Postclassic) |
Full Year Range of Monte Alban V Late Postclassic is assumed. [1101, 1520] |
8127 |
10836 |
The overall population of the valley increased during this period, but was divided into numerous (15-20) smaller political entities. [Feinman_et_al 1985, pp. 59-61] The population of the whole valley (based on the total of settlement population estimates) would have been 95,523-229,581 people. [Kowalewski_et_al -1] A very coarse estimate of the average polity population is taken as the average between the higher and lower population estimates for the whole valley (162,552 people) divided by 15 and 20 to give a higher and lower range of polity size (10,836 and 8,127 people respectively). The precise numbers for the polity population estimates should not be taken as accurate predictions of polity population size. "Table 7.1. Monte Alban V sites in Valley of Oaxaca subareas." [Feinman_Nicholas 2017, p. 99] Etla: 15404; Central: 20,839; N Valle Grande: 24938; S Valle Grande 23919; W Tlacolula: 41255; E Tlacolula: 40119; Ejutla: 19970; Albarradas: 5416; Sola: 9168. Total: 201,028 "Table 10.1. Population of Late Postclassic polities in the Central Valleys of Oaxaca." [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 158] Population 'shatter zone': Coatecas: 3500; Coyotepec: 4600; Eastern Etla: 9900; Ejutla: 4300; El Choco: 4200; El Vergel: 4100; Huitzo: 3500; Ixlahuaca: 5900. Jalieza: 8800; Macuilxochitl: 23400; Matatlan: 3100; Mitla: 23000; Quialana: 5700; Sa'a Yucu: 18800; San Luis Beltran: 3000; San Miguel de Valle: 4200. San Pedro Martir: 16600; Taniche: 5000; Teitipac: 9300; Tlalixtac: 9200; Tlapacoyan: 3300; Tule: 2500; Yagul/Tlacolula: 8300. Zautla/Tejalapan: 2400. Mean size: 7,700. [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 158] Don't understand why in the list below this one in the same table for 'Centers/Ethnohistory' many of these polities have different, larger populations. There is also a "Table 10.2. Population of other Late Postclassic polities in highland Oaxaca" which has an even longer list. [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 159] "Table 11.3. Population in the largest centers, by phase, in Oaxaca and Ejutla." [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 183] Valley of Oaxaca population (Largest center in Oaxaca): Tierras Largas: 327 (128); San Jose: 1942 (1384); Guadalupe: 1788 (774); Rosario: 1835 (564); Early I: 14652 (5250); Late I: 51339 (17242); Monte Alban II: 41927 (14492); Monte Alban IIIA: 120121 (16507); Monte Alban IIIB: 78930 (24189); Monte Alban IV: 77612 (16117); Monte Alban V: 166467 (13831). [Feinman_Nicholas 2013, p. 183] |
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| 317 |
(Yemen - Ottoman period) |
Full Year Range of Yemen - Ottoman period is assumed. [1873, 1920] |
None |
None |
People. Reliable demographic information on the population size of Ottoman Yemen still needs to be identified. he complex political situation comprising both Ottoman imperial authorities and Yemeni tribes adds further difficulty to this problem. Ottoman authority was felt strongly in some locations, but was marginal in others. The interplay between state authority and tribal forces leaves Yemen in an ambiguous position -while 'officially' a state, state control itself and the associated monopoly over the legitimate use of force were contested and at times ephemeral. | |
| 318 |
(Pergamon Kingdom) |
Full Year Range of Pergamon Kingdom is assumed. [-282, -133] |
5500000 |
5500000 |
None | |
| 319 |
(Songhai Empire) |
Full Year Range of Songhai Empire is assumed. [1376, 1493] |
None |
None |
People. Sahel states = Mauritania, Mali, Niger, Chad. "Before the introduction of agriculture and animal husbandry the population of the area of the present-day Sahel states is unlikely to have exceeded 50,000: once pastoralism and agriculture had become well-established the population can hardly have been less than half a million. The chronology of the transition is as yet totally obscure, but there is no reason to postulate anything above the 50,000 line before 3000 BC or place the achievement of the half million later than 1000 BC. From this latter point a low rate of increase is all that is needed to bring the total to 1m by AD 1 and 2m by AD 1000." [McEvedy_Jones 1978, p. 238] |
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