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Conflict and Culture Change in the Late Prehistoric and Early Historic American Midcontinent

Hollinger, R. Eric

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Title
Conflict and Culture Change in the Late Prehistoric and Early Historic American Midcontinent
Author(s)
Hollinger, R. Eric
Issue Date
2005
Doctoral Committee Chair(s)
Pauketat, Timothy R.
Department of Study
Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Degree Granting Institution
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Degree Name
Ph.D.
Degree Level
Dissertation
Keyword(s)
Anthropology, Archaeology
Language
eng
Abstract
Beginning in the early 1600s, populations were destabilized by the indirect effects of European contact. With new incentives and new weapons (i.e., firearms), old enemies took advantage of weaknesses brought on by disease and famine to wage wars of annihilation. Algonquian and Iroquoian tribes pushed westward, driving other tribes ahead of them or exterminating them completely. For the Oneota, large territories were abandoned for more defensive strategies, including new alliances with former enemies and amalgamation into multi-ethnic refugee settlements.
Graduation Semester
2005
Type of Resource
text
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