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Factors Maintaining Low Population Density among the Prehistoric New York Iroquois

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  02 June 2017

William Engelbrecht
William Engelbrecht*
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Department of Anthropology, State University of New York College at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY 14222
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Abstract

The New York Iroquois were horticulturists characterized by a relatively low population density, perhaps not unlike other early farming populations. Using ethnohistorical information, I suggest factors that negatively affected both critical resources and Iroquois fertility. The relation of Iroquois warfare to population density is also explored.

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Research Article
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American Antiquity , Volume 52 , Issue 1 , January 1987 , pp. 13 - 27
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1987

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