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Table 8. — Age and sex distribution of Occaneechi population samples 



Table 9. — Age and sex distribution of Hiwassee Island populations^ 



I From Lewis and Kneberg, 1946, pp. 153, 157. 



Island, described by Lewis and Kneberg (1946). Excavations on 

 Hiwassee Island in southeastern Tennessee, which was occupied until 

 the 1700's, yielded three series, the oldest of which, the Hamilton 

 component, is roughly analogous in time to the ToUifero site; the 

 Dallas component, roughly analogous to the Clarksville site; and a 

 historic component. Table 9, summarizing the age and sex distribu- 

 tions of the Hamilton and Dallas components, series of 173 and 188 

 burials, respectively, shows a sex ratio of nearly 3:1 in the earlier 

 Hamilton population with the males outliving the females by a con- 

 siderable margin.^" In the later Dallas population, there is a slight 

 excess of females over males, but the numbers are more nearly equal. 

 The juvenile mortality of the Hamilton and Dallas components re- 



" For the Robblns mound (Be 3), an Adena site In Boone County, Kentucky, Snow 

 (1942) reports a 3 : 1 ratio, with the majority of deaths In the age group 21-35 years. 

 Hertzberg (1940) found a similar sex ratio at the Rlckctts site. 



