Brother-sister marriage in Roman Egypt

Journal of Biosocial Science

Volumn 29, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 361-371

  Scheidel, W ^a  

^a Darwin College   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; EGYPT; FERTILITY; HISTORY; HUMAN; INBREEDING; MARRIAGE; REPRODUCTION; SIBLING;

AFRICA; ARAB COUNTRIES; BIOLOGY; DEMOGRAPHIC FACTORS; DEMOGRAPHY; DEVELOPING COUNTRIES; EGYPT; FAMILY AND HOUSEHOLD; FAMILY CHARACTERISTICS; FAMILY RELATIONSHIPS; FERTILITY; GENETICS; GENETICS, POPULATION; HISTORICAL DEMOGRAPHY; MARRIAGE; MARRIAGE PATTERNS; MEDITERRANEAN COUNTRIES; NORTHERN AFRICA; NUPTIALITY; POPULATION; POPULATION DYNAMICS; SIBLINGS; SOCIAL SCIENCES;

CENSUSES; CONSANGUINITY; EGYPT; FEMALE; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HUMANS; INFANT; INFANT MORTALITY; MALE; MARRIAGE; NUCLEAR FAMILY; PEDIGREE; ROMAN WORLD;

BROTHER-SISTER MARRIAGE; HISTORICAL STUDY; INBREEDING; MARITAL TRENDS; ROMAN ERA;

EGYPT;

EID: 0030613719     PISSN: 00219320     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S0021932097003611     Document Type: Article

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