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Past and present evidence of interethnic mating
Current developments in anthropological genetics • 3 • Published In 1984 • Pages: 95-114
By: Kerns, Virginia.
Abstract
Nineteenth century travelers and twentieth century ethnographers have characterized the Black Caribs as an endogamous population. In this article, Kerns questions those observations and examines the evidence for interethnic mating found in past census data (1861 and 1881) and in her own data gathered from three Belize villages. She concludes that interethnic mating was common and that the Black Carib population was never a genetical isolate; and is not today. The appearance of an endogamous population may have more to do with socialization and the transmission of ethnicity among the Black Caribs.
- HRAF PubDate
- 2005
- Region
- Middle America and the Caribbean
- Sub Region
- Central America
- Document Type
- article
- Evaluation
- Creator Type
- Social Scientist
- Document Rating
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- 5: Excellent Primary Data
- Analyst
- Ian Skoggard ; 2003
- Field Date
- 1974-1975
- Coverage Date
- 1861-1975
- Coverage Place
- Belize
- Notes
- Virginia Kerns
- Includes bibliographical references (p. 113-114)
- LCCN
- 84643380
- LCSH
- Garifuna (Caribbean people)