Mohawk demography and the effects of exogenous epidemics on American Indian populations

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 15, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 160-182

  Snow, Dean R ^a  

^a PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

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DOI: 10.1006/jaar.1996.0006     Document Type: Article

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