Description
Book SynopsisTwo decades of strontium isotope research on Neolithic European burials – reinforced by high-profile ancient DNA studies – has led to widespread interpretations that these were patrilocal societies, implying significant residential mobility for women.
The Not Very Patrilocal European Neolithic questions that narrative from a social anthropological perspective on kinship. It introduces models for inferring residence and descent with isotope and genetic data and provides in-depth descriptions of archaeological kinship analysis. From social anthropological insights to reassessments of data, an alternative perspective on the social dynamics of Neolithic European societies emerges from this new guide for prehistorians working with biological and archaeological materials.
Table of ContentsPreface and Acknowledgments ;
Introduction ;
Corporate Kin Groups, Marriage, Residence, and Postmortem Location ;
Neolithic European Kinship: Dental Strontium Isotope Ratios ;
Neolithic European Kinship: aDNA ;
‘Supporting Evidence’ ;
Archaeological Kinship Analysis ;
Neolithic European Kinship: Archaeology ;
The Very Bilocal, Bilateral European Neolithic ;
Glossary ;
References Index
