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Genetic characteristics of Athapaskan-speakers: the problem of genetic relationships
problems in the prehistory of the north american subarctic : the athapaskan question • Calgary • Published In 1977 • Pages: 111-119
By: Szathmary, Emöke J. E..
AbstractBrief abstract written by HRAF anthropologists who have done the subject indexing for the document
Szathmary presents a 'summary of the current knowledge of the genetic characteristics of Athapaskan-speaking populations. The traits are then examined to determine the nature of the relationship within these groups and their putative relationship with non-Athapaskan-speaking populations.' Szathmary concludes that presently the data show there is no relationship between degree of genetic difference and geographic distance or linguistic affinity because of the small size of the data set. More genetic information must be collected (most sample sizes were below 100 individuals) before meaningful answers can be obtained.
- SubjectsDocument-level OCM identifiers given by the anthropology subject indexers at HRAF
- Identification
- Reviews and critiques
- Theoretical orientation in research and its results
- Recording and collecting in the field
- Organization and analysis of results of research
- Genetics
- Linguistic identification
- traditionCulture name from the Outline of World Cultures (OWC)
- Proto-Athapaskans
- RegionThe area the document pertains to
- North America
- Sub RegionThe more specific area the document pertains to, which is located within the Region
- Arctic and Subarctic
- Document TypeMay include journal articles, essays, collections of essays, monographs, or chapters/parts of monographs
- essay
- Evaluation
- Creator TypeThe type of person writing the document, e.g. Ethnographer, Missionary, Archaeologist, Folklorist, Linguist, Indigenous Person, and so on.
- Archaeologist
- Document Rating A ranking done by HRAF anthropologists based on the strength of the source material on a scale of 1 to 5, as follows: 1 - poor; 2 - fair; 3 - good, useful data, but not uniformly excellent; 4 - excellent secondary data; 5 - excellent primary data.
- 4: Excellent Secondary Data
- NotesAdditional notes
- Emöke J. E. Szathmary
- For bibliographical references see 39: References cited
- LCCNLibrary of Congress Control Number
- 80494866
- LCSHLibrary of Congress Subject Headings
- Athapaskan Indians--Antiquities