Abstract
Abstract Methods of geographic analysis can be used with historical demographic data in order to investigate the process of population expansion and settlement formation. Such analyses provide information regarding assumptions made by many population genetic models. These methods were applied to data from north‐central Massachusetts (1700–1850) as part of an ongoing project on population growth and genetic structure. Three methods were used for analysis: nearest neighbor analysis, analysis of settlement history, and rank size analysis. Nearest neighbor analysis shows the area was settled quickly, and the final distribution of populations was patterned, suggesting a strong relationship of migration and distance. Settlement history shows a pattern of early fissioning of towns, and fusioning in later periods. Rank size analysis shows there was heterogeneity of population size, but the area did not show a strong tendency for the development of central places during this time period. The potential genetic effe...
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