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Deerskins and Hunting Territories: Competition for a Scarce Resource of the Northeastern Woodlands

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Richard Michael Gramly
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Abstract

It is argued that conflict and the need for defense arose in the Late Woodland Stage of the Northeast and Ontario in response to competition for a vital resource, deer hides. Furthermore, the distribution of populations and the size of hunting territories can be directly linked to sustained yields of this scarce good.

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American Antiquity , Volume 42 , Issue 4 , October 1977 , pp. 601 - 605
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1977

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