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Document Description
Title
Marriage
patterns
in an
Archaic
population
:
a
study
of
skeletal
remains
from
Port
au
Choix
,
Newfoundland
Author
Kennedy
,
Brenda
Valerie
Elkins
,
1955-
Description
Thesis
(M.A.)--Memorial
University
of
Newfoundland
,
1980.
Anthropology
Date
1980
Pagination
x, 188 leaves : ill., maps.
Subject
Forensic
osteology;
Excavations
(Archaeology)--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Port
au
Choix;
Indians
of
North
America--Newfoundland
and
Labrador--Marriage
customs
and
rites
Degree
M.A.
Degree Grantor
Memorial University of Newfoundland. Dept. of Anthropology
Discipline
Anthropology
Language
Eng
Spatial Coverage
Canada--Newfoundland and Labrador--Port au Choix
Notes
Bibliography:
leaves
141-162.
Abstract
In
recent
years
there have been a
variety
of
attempts
to
reconstruct
prehistoric
patterns
of
endogamy
,
exogamy
, and
post-nuptial
residence
using
data
collected
from
archaeological
sites.
This
thesis
is
concerned
with the
use
of
data
collected
from
skeletal
remains
in
studies
of this
nature.
More
specifically
,
it
is
concerned
with the
use
of
osteological
data
in
reconstructing
the
marriage
patterns
of a
group
of
Archaic
Indians
buried
at
Port
au
Choix
,
Newfoundland.
--
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
of the
adult
segment
is
reflected
in the
expression
of
osteological
traits
within
and
between
the
sexes.
A
model
is
proposed
which
links
the
various
combinations
of
endogamy
and
exogamy
(three
forms)
and the
three
principle
types
of
residence
units
with
specific
patterns
of
within-
and
between-sex
variability
of
trait
expression.
--
A
group
of
eighteen
adult
females
and
twenty-two
adult
males
from
Locus
II
of the
Port
au
Choix-3
site
is
used
as the
sample
for this
study.
A
series
of
metric
and
non-metric
traits
describing
the
cranial
and
infracranial
skeleton
, and a
number
of
univariate
and
multivariate
statistical
techniques
are
employed
in the
analysis.
The
results
of the
analysis
seem
to
indicate
the
practice
of
exogamy
coupled
with a
virilocal
post-nuptial
residence
pattern.
--
The
use
of
osteological
data
in
reconstructions
of
prehistoric
marriage
patterns
would
seem
to be a
valid
endeavor
if a
well-defined
sample
is
available
, and if
careful
consideration
is
given
to the
selection
of
traits
and
statistical
techniques
employed
in the
analysis.
Type
Text
Resource Type
Electronic
thesis
or
dissertation
Format
Image/jpeg;
Application/pdf
Source
Paper copy kept in the Centre for Newfoundland Studies, Memorial University Libraries
Local Identifier
75058101
Rights
The author retains copyright ownership and moral rights in this thesis. Neither the thesis nor substantial extracts from it may be printed or otherwise reproduced without the author's permission.
Collection
Electronic
Theses
and
Dissertations
Scanning Status
Completed
PDF File
(36.86
MB)
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