| Description |
1 online resource (x, 353 pages) : illustrations |
| Contents |
Introduction. The importance of kinship in archaeology ; The Hohokam -- Households. Household-scale social organization ; Archaeological analysis of household-scale social organization ; Hohokam households -- Descent groups. Descent group organization ; Archaeological analysis of descent group organization ; Hohokam descent groups -- Marriage, political economy, and transformations. The political economy of kinship and marriage ; Archaeological analysis of marriage and political economy ; Hohokam marriage, political economies, and transformations -- Contributions of kinship research. New insights on the Hohokam ; Archaeological contributions to kinship theory ; New frontiers in kinship research |
| 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 |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 319-346) and index |
| Notes |
English |
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Print version record |
| Subject |
Kinship.
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Ethnoarchaeology.
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Social archaeology.
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kinship.
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ethnoarchaeology.
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SOCIAL SCIENCE -- General.
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Ethnoarchaeology
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Kinship
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Social archaeology
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| Form |
Electronic book
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| LC no. |
2013009670 |
| ISBN |
1306046637 |
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9781306046633 |
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9780816599264 |
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0816599262 |
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