Figure 2
From: Mortality from contact-related epidemics among indigenous populations in Greater Amazonia
Locations of 59 indigenous societies in this study.
White dots represent the hotspot of 10 societies conglomerated in the Upper Xingu region who suffered from epidemics of influenza in 1948 and measles in 1954 and 1965. Black dots represent other epidemics that appear to have only afflicted single societies. “U” is short for Uru-Eu-Wau-Wau. Map created in GenGIS software77.
