ANTH 1220 Lecture Notes - Lecture 35: Bilateral Descent, Patrilineality
17 May 2017
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Consanguines people that you are related to by blood. Affines people that you are related to by law. Fictive kin people who you consider apart of your family, but who are not. Bilateral descent trace lineage through both mother and father. Common in modern industrial and in small foraging societies. Matrilineal trace lineage through mother (father not apart of your kin group) Patrilineal trace lineage through father (mother not apart of your kin group) Matrilineal descent much patrilineal o concentrated societies less prevalent than in horticultural: only about 15% of kin groups that have been studied have been matrilineal decent. Subsistence plays role in shaping kinship patters, but does not determine them. Kinship traced from male ancestor in a descent line through subsequent male descendants. Variation in women"s roles and status within patrilineal societies. Patriarchy: most, but not all, patrilineal societies are also strongly patriarchal (males rule)
