Marriage Patterns in an Archaic Population
Marriage Patterns in an Archaic Population

Author: Brenda Valerie Elkins Kennedy

Publisher: University of Ottawa Press

Published: 1981-01-01

Total Pages: 226

ISBN-13: 1772820989

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This study is based on the premise that marriage patterns determine the composition of the adult segment of hunter-gatherer groups, and that the composition is reflected in the expression of osteological traits within and between sexes. Analysis of metric and non-metric traits in adult skeletons from Locus II of the Port au Choix3 site suggest the practice of exogamy coupled with a virilocal post-nuptial marriage pattern.

Marriage, a History
Marriage, a History

Author: Stephanie Coontz

Publisher: Penguin

Published: 2006-02-28

Total Pages: 449

ISBN-13: 1101118253

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Just when the clamor over "traditional" marriage couldn’t get any louder, along comes this groundbreaking book to ask, "What tradition?" In Marriage, a History, historian and marriage expert Stephanie Coontz takes readers from the marital intrigues of ancient Babylon to the torments of Victorian lovers to demonstrate how recent the idea of marrying for love is—and how absurd it would have seemed to most of our ancestors. It was when marriage moved into the emotional sphere in the nineteenth century, she argues, that it suffered as an institution just as it began to thrive as a personal relationship. This enlightening and hugely entertaining book brings intelligence, perspective, and wit to today’s marital debate.

Bioarchaeology
Bioarchaeology

Author: Clark Spencer Larsen

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1999-05-06

Total Pages: 484

ISBN-13: 9780521658348

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Comprehensive reference to use of human bones and teeth in interpreting past lives.

The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland
The Oxford Illustrated History of Ireland

Author: Robert Fitzroy Foster

Publisher: Oxford Paperbacks

Published: 2000-11-09

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780192893239

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Edited by well-respected historian Roy Foster, this authoritative work provides a lively and challenging synthesis of Irish history from pre-Christian times to the present-day troubles. Written by an expert team of scholars, all known for their innovative work, it is lavishly illustrated with over 200 pictures in colour and black and white.

Sex and Gender Hierarchies
Sex and Gender Hierarchies

Author: Barbara D. Miller

Publisher: Cambridge University Press

Published: 1993-02-18

Total Pages: 428

ISBN-13: 9780521423687

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This edited collection attempts to revive a unified anthropological approach to the study of sex and gender hierarchies. Seventeen distinguished contributors - from cultural anthropology, physical anthropology, archaeology, and anthropological linguistics - have produced a wealth of fascinating data on human and primate, ancient and contemporary, and 'primitive' and developed societies, covering topics such as mothering and child care, work, health, intrafamily relationships, and public power. The interdisciplinary approach successfully contributes to the development of better theory and methodology in anthropology.

Republics Ancient and Modern
Republics Ancient and Modern

Author: Paul Anthony Rahe

Publisher: UNC Press Books

Published: 1994

Total Pages: 408

ISBN-13: 9780807844731

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Republics Ancient and Modern, Volume I: The Ancien Regime in Classical Greece"