As such it is, among other things, an expression of the kingdom's expansion and of genealogical distance or proximity to the current ruler.
The genealogical quest in this otherwise well-researched and very interesting book induces a rather too teleological reading of the works studied.
The lineage as a genealogical map appears to be too rigid and static-based on blood and marriage.
Cultural practices such as minimal intermarriage with members of adjacent ethnic groups and in-depth genealogical knowledge make them a population suitable for genetic investigation.
Images also may have been a visual representation of genealogical information to a less literate audience.
Conversely, in societies with corporate descent groups, genealogical exceptions to rules of descent need not disprove the rule.
Others were mentioned only to enhance that power, defining political relationships, genealogical rights to rulership, and successful military endeavors.
The genealogical analyses were conducted in three major steps.
