Open AccessPersistence and Disappearance of Traditional Patrilocality
Author(s) -
Vincent Zvénigorosky,
Dariya Nikolaeva,
Georgii P. Romanov,
Alexey V. Solovyev,
Nikolai Barashkov,
Éric Crubézy,
Sardana A. Fedorova,
Christine Keyser
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
sibirica
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.204
H-Index - 5
eISSN - 1476-6787
pISSN - 1361-7362
DOI - 10.3167/sib.2019.180104
Subject(s) - residence , exogamy , settlement (finance) , subsistence agriculture , immigration , geography , ethnology , sociology , socioeconomics , genealogy , history , demography , archaeology , business , agriculture , finance , payment
This article describes current matrimonial strategies andresidence patterns in two communities in the Sakha Republic. InTolon, a rural settlement in central Sakha, community exogamy ispredominant and patrilocality is detectable in postnuptial residencepatterns. In the sub-Arctic town of Khonuu no gendered residencepatterns are observed. Khonuu has an airport and serves as a regionalcapital. In Khonuu matrimonial decisions follow the immigrationof men and couples rather than traditional strategies connectedwith horse- and cattle-based subsistence. This article discusses thepossible biological, historical, and cultural reasons that explain theobservance or lack of observance of traditional marriage in the contemporarySakha Republic.