Marriage Patterns in an Archaic Population
A Study of Skeletal Remains from Port au Choix, Newfoundland
- Publisher
- Canadian Museum of History
- Initial publish date
- Jan 1981
- Category
- Archaeology
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- ISBN
- 9781772820980
- Publish Date
- Jan 1981
- List Price
- $11.99
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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.