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Kinship, Marriage and the Family: Eight Time Series, 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D

Kinship, Marriage and the Family: Eight Time Series, 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D Kinship, Marriage and the Family: Eight Time Series, 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. TREVOR DENTON* ABSTRACT This paper presents long-range time series for eight concepts of marriage, family and kinship. Each time series is, respectively, a time series of the probability of living in a society where: 1) the ultimate sovereign group is a kinship unit; 2) the ultimate sovereign kinship group is an indepen- dent family; 3) the independent family is the predominant family form; 4) neolocal residence predominates; 5) bilateral kinship exists; 6) no consideration (or only bridal gifts) is given when obtaining a wife; 7) individuals have complete freedom to choose a spouse; and 8) where divorce occurs frequently. The method used to construct a time series of a probability that a discrete random variable X=x, x=1,2,... is conditioning on another discrete random variable Y, Y=1,2,3 which is observable both in the archaeological record and in an ethnographic cross-cultural data base. Conditional probabilities P(X=x |Y=y), x=1,2..., y=1,2,3 are obtained from the eth- nographic cross-cultural data base. Uses for such time series are outlined. Introduction THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAPER is to present time series describing the evolution from 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. of a http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) Brill

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Brill
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© 1994 Koninklijke Brill NV, Leiden, The Netherlands
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0020-7152
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1745-2554
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10.1163/002071594X00264
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Abstract

Kinship, Marriage and the Family: Eight Time Series, 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. TREVOR DENTON* ABSTRACT This paper presents long-range time series for eight concepts of marriage, family and kinship. Each time series is, respectively, a time series of the probability of living in a society where: 1) the ultimate sovereign group is a kinship unit; 2) the ultimate sovereign kinship group is an indepen- dent family; 3) the independent family is the predominant family form; 4) neolocal residence predominates; 5) bilateral kinship exists; 6) no consideration (or only bridal gifts) is given when obtaining a wife; 7) individuals have complete freedom to choose a spouse; and 8) where divorce occurs frequently. The method used to construct a time series of a probability that a discrete random variable X=x, x=1,2,... is conditioning on another discrete random variable Y, Y=1,2,3 which is observable both in the archaeological record and in an ethnographic cross-cultural data base. Conditional probabilities P(X=x |Y=y), x=1,2..., y=1,2,3 are obtained from the eth- nographic cross-cultural data base. Uses for such time series are outlined. Introduction THE OBJECTIVE OF THIS PAPER is to present time series describing the evolution from 35000 B.C. to 2000 A.D. of a

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International Journal of Comparative Sociology (in 2002 continued as Comparative Sociology) – Brill

Published: Jan 1, 1994

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