Journal article
European infectious disease and depopulation of the Wendat-Tionontate (Huron-Petun)
Abstract
The timing and impact of depopulation of the Wendat-Tionontate (Huron-Petun) was examined using historical, epidemiological, archaeological, and bioarchaeological data. Historical and epidemiological research indicates that the documented 1634–40 epidemics that devastated Wendat-Tionontate villages had their origins in the large numbers of European children who emigrated in the 1630s to the New World colonies from the disease-ridden cities of …
Authors
Warrick G
Journal
World Archaeology, Vol. 35, No. 2, pp. 258–275
Publisher
Taylor & Francis
Publication Date
September 2003
DOI
10.1080/0043824032000111416
ISSN
0043-8243