In terms of what most people would consider to be agriculture The Eastern Woodland Indians such Iroquois did practice agriculture. It may have remained a somewhat "primative" (for want of a better term) form of agriculture because they lacked large domesticated animals fto provide power and manure, but it was agriculture.
It was agriculture they had developed themselves and most of their crops were hybridized to the point that they could not re-seed themselves which represented a major step away from "primative" agriculture.
Each village was able to grow enough food to get them through even a harsh winter. Yes they did move their villages and part of the reason was when fields became too depleated to grow food. But this it seems only happened about every 15 to 20 years. One thing that hurt them is they grew corn and tobacco and they relied on their corn crop. Corn and tobacco quickly deplete the ground. The fact they were often stable in one spot for as much as 20 years and able to grow enough food tells me they had a fairly stable and advanced agriculture.
Before the White man came and decimated the Indian's population, a village did sometimes grow too large in population and a number of them would move off and establish a new village.
But given the resources they had, 15 to 20 years for a village to remain in one place seems relatively stable to me and I would have to say they had agriculture and a fairly advanced and stable form of agriculture.
It was agriculture they had developed themselves and most of their crops were hybridized to the point that they could not re-seed themselves which represented a major step away from "primative" agriculture.
Each village was able to grow enough food to get them through even a harsh winter. Yes they did move their villages and part of the reason was when fields became too depleated to grow food. But this it seems only happened about every 15 to 20 years. One thing that hurt them is they grew corn and tobacco and they relied on their corn crop. Corn and tobacco quickly deplete the ground. The fact they were often stable in one spot for as much as 20 years and able to grow enough food tells me they had a fairly stable and advanced agriculture.
Before the White man came and decimated the Indian's population, a village did sometimes grow too large in population and a number of them would move off and establish a new village.
But given the resources they had, 15 to 20 years for a village to remain in one place seems relatively stable to me and I would have to say they had agriculture and a fairly advanced and stable form of agriculture.