Distribution of surnames and identities in the Ladin communities of the Dolomites

Caravello, Gianumberto; Tasso, Miro; Lucchetti, Enzo

doi:10.1127/anthranz/57/1999/303

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“…A high genetic differentiation has been detected, not only between Ladin-and non-Ladin-speaking valleys but also between one Ladin valley and another, indicating that geography was the most important isolating factor for the Ladins. The same conclusions were reached by a study on the distribution of surnames obtained from telephone directories in 60 Ladin and non-Ladin localities (Caravello et al, 1999). However, within the framework of the South Tyrolean municipalities, the Ladin ones tend to cluster together (Lucchetti et al, 2005).…”

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Early Breakdown of Isolation Revealed by Marriage Behaviour in a Ladin-Speaking Community (Gardena Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, 1825–1924)

Gueresi

2011

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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SummaryThe aim of this study was to investigate marriage behaviour from 1825 to 1924 in an Alpine valley inhabited by Ladin speakers (Gardena Valley, South Tyrol, Italy), where the particular geographic, linguistic and economic characteristics may have influenced the level of reproductive isolation. A total of 2183 marriage acts from the two main parishes of Santa Cristina and Ortisei were examined. Birth and residence endogamy, inbreeding coefficients from dispensations and from isonymy, birth place distribution of the spouses and isonymic relationships were analysed in four 25-year sub-periods. All the indicators considered point to a lower level of reproductive isolation at Ortisei, a main centre for the woodcarving industry, which appeared to be experiencing an early and effective breakdown of isolation. Marriage behaviour in the Gardena Valley between 1825 and 1924 seems to have been mostly influenced by socioeconomic factors rather than linguistic and cultural ones.

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Early Breakdown of Isolation Revealed by Marriage Behaviour in a Ladin-Speaking Community (Gardena Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, 1825–1924)

Gueresi

2011

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“…The movements of people in the considered area were made easier thanks to the important line of communication: in fact, 68% of the 50 surnames analysed through spatial autocorrelation showed statistically significant distributions (Table 3). Studies carried out in Ladin (Caravello et al, 1999), Cimbro-Mòcheno (Caravello et al, 2002) and Carinthian communities (Tasso et al, 2004) in north-eastern Italy, where social and geographical features are similar to those of the province of Belluno, gave lower percentages, amounting to 46•5%, 26•7% and 30•3%, respectively, of the total number of surnames analysed. More specifically, almost all the patterns of the province of Belluno can be classified as isolation by distance associated with a depression: the closer the municipalities are to each other, the more similar the frequencies of most surnames are and vice versa.…”

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Surnames as Alleles: Spatial Distribution of Surnames in a Province of the Italian Alps

Caravello

Tasso

2007

J. Biosoc. Sci.

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The present paper seeks to analyse the spatial distribution of surnames in the province of Belluno in the Italian Alps, and describes the internal mobility of the population taking into consideration one of the most important and ancient roads in the area. The study is based on the analysis of the similarity of the frequencies of some autochthonous surnames depending on their geographical distance apart. The population considered turned out to be basically sedentary. When forced to migrate, the population preferred to go far from their homeland rather than inside the area: this happened probably because the opportunities that the province of Belluno could offer were quite scarce throughout the whole territory, and people hoped to improve their economic situation by going abroad.

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“…The observations reported on other ethnic minorities settled along the Italian alpine arch -French, Ladin, Cimro-Mocheno, Slovenian and German communitiesall are suggestive that these populations experienced changes in their marriage attitudes and behaviours through time. Economic change and improved transportation after World War II altered the social mobility and life style of these communities, and this in turn could explain the gradual decrease in inbreeding and the breakdown of genetic isolation due to ethnicity (Kaplan et al, 1978;Crawford, 1980;Caravello et al, 1999Caravello et al, , 2002).…”

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Isonymy and the Structure of the Provençal-Italian Ethnic Minority

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Surnames were obtained for the second half of the 20th century from civil and religious marriage registers on fifteen Provençal-Italian and five Italian villages of Cuneo Province, Italy. To insert in the analysis an outward comparison, surnames from two Italian villages of Turin Province, one parish of Turin, one village of Alessandria Province and one village of Asti Province were also collected. Ethnicity does not seem to be the main factor affecting the present genetic structure of the Provençal-Italians. They are an open community, and evidence the end of the genetic isolation of the alpine populations.

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Distribution of surnames and identities in the Ladin communities of the Dolomites

Cited by 7 publications

References 13 publications

Early Breakdown of Isolation Revealed by Marriage Behaviour in a Ladin-Speaking Community (Gardena Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, 1825–1924)

Early Breakdown of Isolation Revealed by Marriage Behaviour in a Ladin-Speaking Community (Gardena Valley, South Tyrol, Italy, 1825–1924)

Surnames as Alleles: Spatial Distribution of Surnames in a Province of the Italian Alps

Isonymy and the Structure of the Provençal-Italian Ethnic Minority

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