Kinship Systems Change and Reconstruction |
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| Editor:
| McConvell, Patrick
Keen, Ian
Henderey, Rachel |
| ISBN: | 978-1-60781-244-9 |
| Publication Date: | Aug 2013 |
| Publisher: | University of Utah Press
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| Book Format: | Hardback |
| List Price: | USD $30.00 |
Book Description:
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Kinship systems are the glue that holds social groups together. This volume presents a novel approach to understanding the genesis of these systems and how and why they change. The editors bring together experts from the disciplines of anthropology and linguistics to explore kinship in societies around the world and to reconstruct kinship in ancient times.
Kinship systems are the glue that holds social groups together. This volume presents a novel approach to understanding the genesis of these systems and how and why they change. The editors bring together experts from the disciplines of anthropology and linguistics to explore kinship in societies around the world and to reconstruct kinship in ancient times.