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Physical anthropology of the Lenape or Delawares, and of the eastern Indians in general

Note 10 — CONDITION OF THE COLLECTION

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Had the cemetery, prior to its disturbance, contained the remains of as many as 200 bodies of all ages, including infants, with a yearly mortality in the tribe of 35 per thousand, it could have been in use only about 60 years by a population of 100, and proportionately less, of course, for a larger group.

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