Caribbean Kinship as Instituted Process

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ID5773987
AuthorsWilliam F Keegan (0000-0002-1182-5361, Florida Museum of Natural History, corresponding author)
Year2018
Volume14
Issue3
Pages356-374
Publication date2018-03-14
Peer ReviewedYes
Open AccessNo
TypeARTICLE
VenueThe Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology (JOURNAL)
Journal identifiersISSN: 1556-4894 • E-ISSN: 1556-1828
PublisherRoutledge (PUBLISHER • GB)
DOI10.1080/15564894.2018.1441201
OpenAlexW2791801261
LanguageEN
Citations received4
References cited70

Islands are colonized by organized groups of people. This paper examines the ways in which the economy of colonizing groups is embedded in kinship institutions. This perspective emerged from substantivist and institutional economics, which both recognize economizing as embedded in kinship. Moreover, the formalist/substantivist debate highlighted the differences between empirical and theoretical perspectives, and the importance of societal norms in structuring rational decision-making (albeit the former emphasized profit maximization and the latter material want-satisfaction). None of these approaches fully integrated kinship analysis in their approach. This paper examines the Early Ceramic Age Caribbean (ECAC) from the perspective of kinship as an institution. The framework is drawn from ethnographic studies of matrilineal kinship because this is the descent system that most closely approximates evidence for the ECAC. The goal of this paper is to demonstrate certain insights gained from the investigation of kinship in the pre-Columbian Caribbean

Caribbean history, culture, and politics · Migration and Labor Dynamics · Migration, Ethnicity, and Economy

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