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demographic aspects of central Eskimo marriage practices
Author(s) -
DAMAS DAVID
Publication year - 1975
Publication title -
american ethnologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.875
H-Index - 78
eISSN - 1548-1425
pISSN - 0094-0496
DOI - 10.1525/ae.1975.2.3.02a00030
Subject(s) - polygyny , subsistence agriculture , differential (mechanical device) , geography , sociology , anthropology , ethnology , demography , ecology , biology , archaeology , population , agriculture , aerospace engineering , engineering
The Iglulik, Netsilik, and Copper Eskimo tribes inhabit two ecological zones. Differences in subsistence opportunities explain demographic contrasts which are reflected in the differential occurrence of exogamic‐endogamic practices. Other aspects of marriage, such as ratios between polygyny and polyandry and the terminological concomitants of marriage practices, must be explained by sociopsychological or historical factors.