Matches in DBpedia 2016-04 for { ?s ?p "Template:ForIndian Old Field, or simply Old Field, was a common term used in Colonial American times and up until the early nineteenth century United States, by white explorers, surveyors, cartographers and settlers, in reference to land formerly cleared and utilized by Indians for farming (corn fields or vegetable patches) or occupation. The term appears in many old maps and land documents, often persisting for many decades. It also remains in a number of present-day place names of the Eastern US.Infectious disease epidemics among Native Americans took place in many areas prior to expanded European settlement, as diseases were spread by early contact with traders and explorers, and then were transmitted within Native American populations. These outbreaks killed in excess of 90% of the population in the hardest-hit areas of North America in the wake of initial European contact."@en }
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- Q16847312 abstract "Template:ForIndian Old Field, or simply Old Field, was a common term used in Colonial American times and up until the early nineteenth century United States, by white explorers, surveyors, cartographers and settlers, in reference to land formerly cleared and utilized by Indians for farming (corn fields or vegetable patches) or occupation. The term appears in many old maps and land documents, often persisting for many decades. It also remains in a number of present-day place names of the Eastern US.Infectious disease epidemics among Native Americans took place in many areas prior to expanded European settlement, as diseases were spread by early contact with traders and explorers, and then were transmitted within Native American populations. These outbreaks killed in excess of 90% of the population in the hardest-hit areas of North America in the wake of initial European contact.".