Fertility in the Prehistoric Midwest: A Critique of Unifactorial Models
- 1 July 1989
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 54 (3) , 614-625
- https://doi.org/10.2307/280789
Abstract
Cultivation of starchy seeds must be recognized as a complex of variables upon which selection operates and of which population growth is the inherent measure of success. Early weaning through the use of starchy-seed gruels, though recently proposed as the principal factor in the increase of fertility, is insufficient as a prime mover for population growth in west-central Illinois during the Middle and Late Woodland periods.Keywords
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