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The archaeology of kinship : advancing interpretation and contributions to theory / Bradley E. Ensor.
Penn Museum Library GN487 .E67 2013
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Ensor, Bradley E., 1966-
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Kinship.
- Ethnoarchaeology.
- Social archaeology.
- Physical Description:
- x, 353 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
- Place of Publication:
- Tucson : The University of Arizona Press, [2013]
- Summary:
- "Bradley Ensor shows how kinship can be a valuable tool for archaeologists. The Archaeology of Kinship explains how kinship is relevant to contemporary archaeological theory, detailing methods appropriate for archaeological analysis, and provides long-overdue solutions to problems plaguing ethnological hypotheses on the origins and contexts of kinship behaviors"--Provided by publisher.
- Contents:
- Introduction
- The importance of kinship in archaeology
- The Hohokam
- Household-scale social organization
- Archaeological analysis of household-scale social organization
- Hohokam households
- Descent group organization
- Archaeological analysis of descent group organization
- Hohokam descent groups
- The political economy of kinship and marriage
- Archaeological analysis of marriage and political economy
- Hohokam marriage, political economies, and transformations
- New insights on the Hohokam
- Archaeological contributions to kinship theory
- New frontiers in kinship research.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-346) and index.
- ISBN:
- 9780816530540
- 0816530548
- OCLC:
- 835615635
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