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Kinship Studies in Skeletal Remains — Concepts and Examples

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Cultural, technological and economic changes in prehistoric times are determined primarily by ecological and sociological parameters. In order to understand such processes, knowledge of both population and social structures is essential. The importance and function of social structures, the origins of social stratification and the development and change of social organization are concerns of fundamental importance in this context (Friedman and Rowlands 1978; Steuer 1982; Renfrew 1984).

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  1. Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Freiburg University, Freiburg, Germany

    Kurt W. Alt

  2. Department of Human Genetics and Anthropology, Ulm University, Ulm, Germany

    Friedrich W. Rösing

  3. Department of Anthropology, Museum of Natural History Vienna, Vienna, Austria

    Maria Teschler-Nicola

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Alt, K.W., Vach, W. (1998). Kinship Studies in Skeletal Remains — Concepts and Examples. In: Alt, K.W., Rösing, F.W., Teschler-Nicola, M. (eds) Dental Anthropology. Springer, Vienna. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-7091-7496-8_27

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