ANTC09H3 Lecture : lec 4.docx
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Most unilineal groups are also corporate groups: corporate groups. Descent groups that exist independently of individuals comprising it. They exist through times as an entity even though individuals come and go. The group also tends to act as one body. Margaret meads discovered ropes among the mundugamor society: ropes. System of inheritance in which inheritance is passed down father-daughter and mother-sister. Parallel descent: a form of arranging descent that does not result in grouping of the sexes. Instead there are matrilineal groups of women, and patrilineal groups of males. Articles for the week: weismantel article: Feeding someone forms the basis of kinship connectioins.
