An analysis of factors influencing sixteenth and seventeenth century Haudenosaunee (Iroquois) settlement locations

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 29, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 1-14

  Jones, Eric E ^a  

^a WAKE FOREST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Defensibility; Discriminant function analysis; Haudenosaunee; Settlement choice; Settlement ecology; Transportation; Viewshed analysis

Indexed keywords

EID: 74249093843     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: 10902686     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2009.09.002     Document Type: Article

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