ANTH 103 Lecture Notes - Lecture 7: Kin Kin, Bilateral Descent, Kinship Terminology
19 Apr 2017
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A culturally defined relationship established on the basis of blood ties or through marriage. The totality of kin relations, kin groups, and terms for classifying kin in a society. The words used to identify different categories of kin in a particular culture. The transfer of office or social position between generations. The culturally established affiliation between a child and one or both parents. A group of kin who are descendants of a common ancestor, extending beyond two generations. Descent group membership based on links through either the maternal or the paternal line, but not both. A rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes through males only. A rule that affiliates a person to kin of both sexes through females only. Patrilineage a lineage formed by descent in the male line. Matrilineage a lineage formed by descent in the female line. A group of kin whose members trace descent from a known common ancestor.
