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Lovisek 4.  Ethnohistoric Descriptions of Chumash Warfare John R. Johnson 5.  Documenting Conflict in the Prehistoric Pueblo Southwest Polly Schaafsma 6.  Cahokia and the Evidence for Late Pre-Columbian War in the North American Midcontinent Thomas E. Emerson 7.  Iroquois-Huron Warfare Dean R. Snow 8.  Desecrating the Sacred Ancestor Temples: Chiefly Conflict and Violence in the American Southeast David H. Dye and Adam King 9.  Warfare, Population, and Food Production in Prehistoric Eastern North America George R. Milner 10.  The Osteological Evidence for Indigenous Warfare in North America Patricia M. Lambert 11.  Ethical Considerations and Conclusions Regarding Indigenous Warfare and Violence in North America Richard J. Chacon and Ruben G. 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