Reconstructing the history of marriage strategies in indo-European-speaking societies: Monogamy and polygyny

Human Biology

Volumn 83, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 87-105

  Fortunato, Laura ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^b SANTA FE INSTITUTE   (United States)

Author keywords

Cultural phylogenetics; Indo european; Marriage; Monogamy; Polygyny

Indexed keywords

ARTICLE; CAUCASIAN; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNIC GROUP; EUROPE; HISTORY; HUMAN; LANGUAGE; MARRIAGE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY; STATISTICS;

ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; CROSS-CULTURAL COMPARISON; CULTURE; ETHNIC GROUPS; EUROPE; EUROPEAN CONTINENTAL ANCESTRY GROUP; HISTORY, 15TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 16TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 18TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 19TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 20TH CENTURY; HISTORY, 21ST CENTURY; HISTORY, ANCIENT; HISTORY, MEDIEVAL; HUMANS; LANGUAGE; MARRIAGE; PHYLOGEOGRAPHY;

EID: 79961155808     PISSN: 00187143     EISSN: 15346617     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3378/027.083.0106     Document Type: Article

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