From bridewealth to dowry? A Bayesian estimation of ancestral states of marriage transfers in Indo-European groups

Human Nature

Volumn 17, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 355-376

  Fortunate, Laura ^a   Holden, Clare ^a   Mace, Ruth ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Ancestral states; Bayesian MCMC phylogenetic and comparative methods; Bridewealth; Dowry; Indo European; Marriage transfers

Indexed keywords

EID: 33846295944     PISSN: 10456767     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12110-006-1000-4     Document Type: Review

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