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The Biological Consequences of the Mississippian Expansion into the Western Great Lakes Region: A Study of Prehistoric Culture Contact
Author(s) -
Sullivan Norman C.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
archeological papers of the american anthropological association
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.783
H-Index - 30
eISSN - 1551-8248
pISSN - 1551-823X
DOI - 10.1525/ap3a.1990.2.1.73
Subject(s) - prehistory , subsistence agriculture , indigenous , geography , archaeology , ecology , biology , agriculture
Analysis of the impact of complex societies on small societies has rarely been addressed in the archeological record. This is done here in a case study from the prehistoric midwest with documentation of contacts between Middle Mississippians and indigenous peoples of the western Great Lakes region. Human skeletal remains have been analyzed in order to demonstrate the introduction of new subsistence practices and diseases into the upper midwest from the Mississippian core. Skeletal remains have also been analyzed for evidence of inter‐group conflict. These data are synthesized by modeling the demographic impact on populations of the upper midwest.