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A Local Analysis of Early-Eighteenth-Century Cherokee Settlement

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  04 January 2016

Ted L. Gragson  and
Paul V. Bolstad
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Abstract

Results of an original analysis of Cherokee town placement and population c. 1721 are presented. Period and contemporary information were analyzed using local statistics to produce multivalued, mappable characterizations of the intensity of the processes of town placement and population. The analysis focuses on the scale and the space in which these processes took place among the Cherokee in order to open the way for examining the legacy of human-induced environmental change in southern Appalachia.

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Social Science History , Volume 31 , Issue 3 , Fall 2007 , pp. 435 - 468
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Copyright © Social Science History Association 2007 

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