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Osteology of Social Organization: Residence Pattern

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  20 January 2017

Rebecca A. Lane  and
Audrey J. Sublett
Rebecca A. Lane
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University
Audrey J. Sublett
Affiliation:
Department of Anthropology, Florida Atlantic University
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Abstract

Since laboratory studies on skeletal variations have validated the use of non-metric osteological traits to genetically distinguish populations, a direct relationship between these traits and biological reality can be assumed. Because of this relationship, it is possible to conceive the central thesis of this paper: to the degree that any social organizational feature corresponds to the biological referents of the kinship system, osteological data can be used to elucidate that feature. The kinds of problems that might be investigated are limited by the archaeological determination of certain social units. In the present study, a method is developed to test for residence pattern. This method is applied to data from the Allegany reservation (Seneca) dating from the 1850's to 1930. Ethnohistorical sources support the conclusions of the osteological analysis.

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American Antiquity , Volume 37 , Issue 2 , April 1972 , pp. 186 - 201
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Copyright © Society for American Archaeology 1972

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