Schillaci and Stojanowski (University of New Mexico) argue from their analysis of the Pueblo Bonito burial population that the people of Pueblo Bonito practiced bilocal rather than matrilocal residence because:
A) ethnographic analogy suggests that the presence of prestigious grave goods accompanying both male and female skeletons at Pueblo Bonito is characteristic of bilocal residence patterns.
B) mitochondrial DNA studies showed that males were more closely biologically related than females.
C) analysis of cranial traits showed that the male sample possessed greater variation than the female sample, a pattern not expected within a matrilocal residence pattern.
D) analysis of cranial traits showed that the female sample possessed greater variation than the male sample, a pattern not expected within a matrilocal residence pattern; bilocal residence was also common among the eastern pueblos at the time of European contact.

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Analysis of cranial traits indicating greater variation among females than males suggests a bilocal residence pattern, as in a matrilocal system, females would be more genetically similar, reflecting less variation.

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