Characteristics
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Schwimmer Tutorial |
Settlements and Residence |
Lineages and/or Kin Groups |
Marriage |
Kinship Terminology |
Politics |
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Ancient Hebrews |
Stem patrilocal extended family |
Segmentary Patrilineal; wife absorbed; levirate |
Polygyny; If daughters inherit, then lineage endogamy |
Eskimo |
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Turkish Village |
Small patrilocal extended family fissions to nuclear at fa's death |
Patrilineal Occasional Groups |
Mostly Monogamy; Endogamous Village and Kin Group (//Cos), Bride price |
Sudanese |
Peasantry |
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Akan (Ashanti) |
Natalocal, Avunculocal, Patrilocal |
Matrilineal |
Polygyny, Mlat Xcos Mar |
Sudanese |
State |
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The Yanomamo |
Large patrilocal extended family fissions to nuclear |
Patrilineal, Exogamous |
Sororal Polygyny; Sides, Bilat Xcos Mar |
Iroquois |
Tribal |
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Dani of New Guinea |
Big Man and dependents |
Patrilineal |
Polygyny; Moieties |
Omaha (MB)S=MB F(ZS)=ZS |
Tribal |
Characteristics:
http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/descent/unilineal/structure.html|
Schwimmer Tutorial |
Inheritance |
Succession |
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Ancient Hebrews |
Primo->Ultimogeniture, overridden by gift or will; daughters, leviratic children |
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Turkish Village |
Divided among sons at father's death |
Elected |
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Akan (Ashanti) |
Br, SiSo, some patrilineal |
Elected |
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The Yanomamo |
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Dani of New Guinea |
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Entrepreneur: Big Man |
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Of the unilineal structures that we will investigate, the Akan descent organization best conforms to the corporate group model, assuming the fullest range of functions. The Turkish village system exhibits the narrowest. http://www.umanitoba.ca/anthropology/tutor/descent/unilineal/functions.html
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Land Ownership |
Inheritance |
Marriage Regulation |
Social Control |
Political Represtation |
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Culture |
Subsistence |
Economy |
Location |
Wider Society |
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Middle East |
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Middle East |
Peasantry |
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West African forest |
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Amazon forest |
Tribal |
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Irrigated cultivation; pigs |
Women: subsistence Men: trade, prestige exch, Capital Formation |
New Guinea |
Tribal |
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Schwimmer Tutorial |
Settlements and Residence |
Lineages and/or Kin Groups |
Marriage |
Kinship Terminology |
Politics |
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Ancient Hebrews |
1.Tribe, States, Class Inheritance and Succession |
2.Patrilineal Descent Lineage Strs. |
3.Marriage |
(Eskimo) |
1.Tribe, States, Class Social and Political Functions |
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Turkish Village |
Domestic Organization |
Lineage Organization |
Marriage |
Kinship Terminology |
The Peasant Village as a Social Type |
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Akan (Ashanti) |
1.Settlement Patterns 4.Residence Rules |
2.Matrilineal Organization |
3.Marriage |
(Descriptive) |
5.Social Stratification 6.Political Organization |
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The Yanomamo |
5.Intergroup Relationships |
2.Lineage Organization |
3.Marriage |
4.Kinship Terminology |
5.Intergroup Relationships |
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Dani of New Guinea |
1.The Setting 6.Residence |
2.Descent Groups |
4.Marriage |
3.Kinterms |
9.Stratification |
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