Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies

Jordan, Fiona M.; Gray, Russell D.; Greenhill, Simon J.; Mace, Ruth

Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies

Proceedings Of The Royal Society • Vol/Iss. 276(1664) • The Royal Society • • Published In 2010 • Pages: 1-9 •

By Jordan, Fiona M. , Gray, Russell D. , Greenhill, Simon J. , Mace, Ruth

Abstract

Using linguistic trees as models of population history in combination with ethnographic data on kinship, the authors of the present study reconstruct post-marital residence rules of early Austronesian societies. Analyses include a Markov-chain Monte Carlo comparative method implemented in a Bayesian phylogenetic framework.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Ethnographic Reports
Ethnographic Atlas (EA)
Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database

Hypotheses (1)
Hypothesis	Supported
Matrilocality and/or matriliny will be characteristic of ancient Austronesian societies. Specifically, this will be found in "four nodes corresponding to points in Austronesian prehistory where coherent speech communities have been suggested": the proto-Austronesian (PAn) root, the proto-Malayo-Polynesian (PMP); the proto-Central-Eastern-Malayo-Polynesian (PCEMP); and the proto-Oceanic (POc) (p.3).	Partial

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Matrilocal residence is ancestral in Austronesian societies

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By Jordan, Fiona M. , Gray, Russell D. , Greenhill, Simon J. , Mace, Ruth

Abstract

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Proceedings Of The Royal Society • Vol/Iss. 276(1664) • The Royal Society • • Published In 2010 • Pages: 1-9 •