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Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics

Volume 3 Black Caribs A Case Study in Biocultural Adaptation

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Editors:
  1. Michael H. Crawford

    1. University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

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Table of contents (20 chapters)

  1. Front Matter

    Pages i-xvii
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  2. Problems and Hypotheses

    1. Problems and Hypotheses

      • Michael H. Crawford
      Pages 1-9

  3. Sociocultural and Demographic Sections

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 11-11
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    2. The Garifuna in Central America

      • William V. Davidson
      Pages 13-35

    3. The Changing Vincentian Carib Population

      • C. J. M. R. Gullick
      Pages 37-50

    4. Garifuna (Black Carib) Social Organization

      • Nancie L. Gonzalez
      Pages 51-65

    5. Demographic Patterns of the Garifuna (Black Caribs) of Belize

      • I. Lester Firschein
      Pages 67-94

    6. Past and Present Evidence of Interethnic Mating

      • Virginia Kerns
      Pages 95-114

    7. Ethnicity and Mating Patterns in Punta Gorda, Belize

      • Sheila Cosminsky, Emory Whipple
      Pages 115-132

  4. Morphological Section

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 133-133
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    2. Nutrition and Growth in Early Childhood among the Garifuna and Creole of Belize

      • Carol Jenkins
      Pages 135-147

    3. Skin Color of the Garifuna of Belize

      • Pamela J. Byard, Francis C. Lees, John H. Relethford
      Pages 149-168

    4. Dental Variation in Black Carib Populations

      • D. H. O’Rourke, R. M. Baume, J. H. Mielke, M. H. Crawford
      Pages 169-187

    5. Anthropometry of Black Caribs

      • Paul M. Lin
      Pages 189-214

    6. Factors Influencing Blood Pressure Level among the Black Caribs of St. Vincent Island

      • Janis Hutchinson, Paul M. Lin, Michael H. Crawford
      Pages 215-239

    7. Quantitative Analyses of the Dermatoglyphic Patterns of the Black Carib Populations of Central America

      • Paul M. Lin, V. Bach-Enciso, Michael H. Crawford, Janis Hutchinson, Diane Sank, Brian Sank Firschein
      Pages 241-268

  5. Genetic Section

    1. Front Matter

      Pages 269-269
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    2. Genetic Structure of the Garifuna Population in Belize

      • Hazel Weymes, Henry Gershowitz
      Pages 271-288

    3. Blood Group, Hemoglobin, and Plasma Protein Polymorphisms in Black Carib Populations

      • Ramon Custodio, R. G. Huntsman, R. M. Newton, D. Tills, Hazel Weymes, A. Warlow et al.
      Pages 289-301

    4. Blood Group, Serum Protein, and Red Cell Enzyme Polymorphisms, and Admixture among the Black Caribs and Creoles of Central America and the Caribbean

      • Michael H. Crawford, Dale D. Dykes, K. Skradsky, H. F. Polesky
      Pages 303-333
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About this book

While the previous two volumes in this series were based upon methodol­ ogy, theory, and the relationship between ecology and population structure, this book can be viewed as an in-depth case study. The population genetics of a multitude of diverse groups geographically distributed throughout the world was examined in the first two volumes. In contrast, this volume focuses upon a single ethnic group, the Black Caribs (Garifuna) of Central America and St. Vincent Island, and explores the interrelationships among the ethnohistory, sociocultural characteristics, demography, morphology, and genetic structure of the group. This volume offers a broad and intensive treatment of the Black Caribs and their interactions with surrounding populations. My interest in the genetics of the Black Caribs was sparked by an accidental meeting in Amsterdam, Holland, in March 1975. A conversation with Nancie Gonzalez at the Applied Anthropology Meetings revealed the "truth-is-stranger­ than·fiction" history of the Black Carib peoples of the Caribbean. This was a popUlation with a small-sized founding group and a unique biological success story. Nancie Gonzalez was particularly interested in estimating the Carib Indian admixture in the contemporary Garifuna popUlation. Given my previous experi­ ence in estimating Spanish and African admixture in the Tlaxcaltecan population (whose gene pool consisted predominantly of Indian alleles), a group that appeared to be primarily African with some Indian admixture was of great interest. Aside from the ethnohistorical interest, I believe that such a population may add conSiderably to our understanding of the inheritance of complex morphological traits.

Editors and Affiliations

  • University of Kansas, Lawrence, USA

    Michael H. Crawford

Bibliographic Information

  • Book Title: Current Developments in Anthropological Genetics

  • Book Subtitle: Volume 3 Black Caribs A Case Study in Biocultural Adaptation

  • Editors: Michael H. Crawford

  • DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4613-2649-6

  • Publisher: Springer New York, NY

  • eBook Packages: Springer Book Archive

  • Copyright Information: Plenum Press, New York 1984

  • Softcover ISBN: 978-1-4612-9652-2Published: 01 November 2011

  • eBook ISBN: 978-1-4613-2649-6Published: 06 December 2012

  • Edition Number: 1

  • Number of Pages: XVIII, 396

  • Topics: Human Genetics

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