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	Kinship and descent
		Kinship and descent is one of the major concepts of cultural anthropology.
		A unilineal society (such as the Iroquois system) is one in which the descent of an individual is reckoned either from the mother's or the father's descent group.
		Societies can also consider descent to be ambilineal (such as Hawaiian system) where offspring determine their lineage through the matrilineal line or the patrilineal line.
	articles.gourt.com /en/ancestry (675 words)

	ambilineal
		Ambilineal structures are, therefore, similar to unilineal forms and result in the construction of ancestor focused groups with discrete and exclusive memberships, often occupying distinct territories.
		Ambilineal descent groups, also termed ramages, are similar to unilineal forms since they involve the formation of discrete and exclusive units.
		The structural features of ambilineal descent systems offer the advantages of supporting coherent and permanent groups with fixed assets and territories as well as a flexible arrangement for distributing populations to match land availabilities.
	www.umanitoba.ca /faculties/arts/anthropology/tutor/descent/cognatic/ambilineal.html (374 words)

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		He is concerned with demonstrating empirically that kinship is structured by the organization of property rights to land and water in irrigation agriculture, the procedures by which they are inherited, and with the use of a kinship idiom as a means of organizing cooperative labor.
		Pul Eliya brought home the lesson to British Social Anthropology that cherished concepts of unilineal descent, descent groups, kinship corporations, and structures of marriage alliance had to be respecified in terms of flexible and dynamic principles of cognatic kinship.
		Descent and alliance as theories were vastly limited by their insistence on aggregating the ethnographic data into either descent categories or abstract alliance models.
	eclectic.ss.uci.edu /nsh/ambi2.htm (6951 words)

	Kinship and descent - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (Site not responding. Last check: )
		A unilineal society (such as the Iroquois system) is one in which the descent of an individual is reckoned either from the mother's or the father's descent group.
		Societies can also consider descent to be ambilineal (such as Hawaiian system) where offspring determine their lineage through the matrilineal line or the patrilineal line.
		A clan is a descent group that claims common descent from an apical ancestor (but often cannot demonstrate it, or "stipulated descent").
	www.selfobjects.com /mediawiki/index.php/Ancestry (668 words)

	Thomson Nelson - Cultural Anthropology, Second Canadian Edition
		Descent in which the individual may affiliate with either the mother’s or the father’s descent group.
		Kinship classification usually associated with matrilineal descent in which a father’s sister and father’s sister’s daughter are called by the same term, a mother and mother’s sister are merged under another, and a father and father’s brother are given a third.
		A unilineal descent group composed of two or more clans that claim to be of common ancestry.
	cultural2e.nelson.com /glossary.html (3969 words)

	Kinship - Descent
		Because unilineal descent rules produce bounded and nonoverlapping groups, unilineal descent is a more powerful organizing principle than bilateral descent in that unilineal descent groups are able to act as corporate groups on behalf of their members in a way that bilateral descent groups cannot.
		Each patrilineal descent group in a society that traces descent through the father has a particular identity and membership that is entirely different from the identity and membership of any other patrilineal descent group in the same society.
		Where descent is reckoned bilaterally, a person tends to single out some relatives within his or her kin group as more important than others.
	family.jrank.org /pages/1016/Kinship-Descent.html (1010 words)

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		All children are members of the descent group of which their father is a member.
		All children are members of the descent group of which their mother is a member.
		Descent may be traced through either parent or both.
	darkwing.uoregon.edu /~sugiyama/lecture10.html (606 words)

	Betsileo Kinship
		Betsileo kinship and descent is ambilineal (optative, nonexclusive), with a strong patrilineal bias.
		Despite ambilineal rights, the social organization of the dead people in the tombs is patrilineally skewed because most people are buried in the tomb of their local descent group.
		Sometimes the coresidence of multiple descent groups in the same village is a continuation of phratry organization of the past, when three to five local descent groups banded together for defense or were united in the same political division (perhaps as an advisory council for a chief).
	www.everyculture.com /Africa-Middle-East/Betsileo-Kinship.html (667 words)

	Cultural Anthropology Terms
		This is strongly associated with matrilineal descent and occurs when men obtain statuses, jobs, or prerogatives from their nearest elder matrilineal male relative.
		This surgery is usually done with a knife as part of a rite of passage marking the transition from childhood to adulthood for boys.
		Cognatic descent occurs in four forms: ambilineal, bilineal, parallel, and bilateral descent.
	anthro.palomar.edu /tutorials/cglossary.htm (7566 words)

	The Nature of Kinship: Glossary of Terms
		the cognatic pattern of descent in which an individual is both a member of his mother's matrilineage and his father's patrilineage.
		a bilateral descent based kin naming system in which members of the nuclear family are given terms of reference based only on their gender and generation.
		With unilineal descent, parallel cousins are members of the same unilineage.
	anthro.palomar.edu /kinship/glossary.htm (2015 words)

	DEFINITIONS:
		Ambilineal Descent: kinship system in which a person is said to be descended from both parents but allows for choice in determining with which descent group to have more affiliation.
		Matrilineal Descent: kinship system that recognizes and perpetuates the importance of women by tracing descent through the female line, favouring marital residence with or near the bride's family, and providing that property is inherited through the female line.
		Patrilineal Descent: highlights the importance of the male line in tracing descent, inheritance of property, and determining marital residence of a couple with or near the groom's family.
	www.geocities.com /brianmyhre/8Def.htm (574 words)

	Anthropology :: Glossary
		ambilineal - a corporate kin group that traces relationships through either the female or male lines.
		descent group - a kin group whose members are recruited by one of the principles of descent; e.g., matrilineal, patrilineal, etc.
		sister exchange - a shorthand label for a marriage system in which men of different descent groups exchange women who are sometimes their own sisters or daughters and sometimes parallel cousins or the daughters of parallel cousins.
	oregonstate.edu /cla/anthropology/resources/glossary.php (4148 words)

	Chapt 21 pp 596-616
		A Descent Group is a kind of kinship group whereby a your relationship to a real or mythical ancestor is the basis for membership. Descent may be reckoned through the mother, father, or both.
		Ambilineal systems involve an exclusive selection of membership in a father's or mother's group, usually upon adulthood.
		Descent groups function to organize working units, provide security, and services. Beyond the immediate family, or the extended family, the descent group is an every growing circle of individuals that you are related to. I just want to briefly mention the hierarchy of these family relationships.
	www.unm.edu /~oberling/sexmar3.htm (755 words)

	The Nature of Kinship: Descent Principles (Part 1)
		In societies using matrilineal descent, the social relationship between children and their biological father tends to be different than most people would expect due to the fact that he is not a member of their matrilineal family.
		Cognatic descent is known to occur in four variations: bilineal, ambilineal, parallel, and bilateral descent.
		Descent from either males or females is recognized, but individuals may select only one line to trace descent.
	anthro.palomar.edu /kinship/kinship_2.htm (951 words)

	Country Information, a world portal on countries, politics and governments
		A unilineal society (such as the Iroquois system) is one in which the descent of an individual is reckoned either from the mother\'s or the father\'s descent group.
		Societies can also consider descent to be ambilineal (such as Hawaiian system) where offspring determine their lineage through the matrilineal line or the patrilineal line.
		A clan is a descent group that claims common descent from an apical ancestor (but often cannot demonstrate it, or "stipulated descent").
	www.asiaiworld.com /wiki-Ancestry (673 words)

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		Agnates: Relatives by ‘blood.’ Ambilineal descent: A principle of descent in which kinship (and property) are traced through BOTH the mother’s and father’s families, but for different sorts of property.
		Also known as ‘double bilateral descent.’ See ‘bilineal descent’ and ‘unilineal descent.’ Bilineal descent: A principle of descent in which kinship (and property) are traced through both the mother’s and father’s families.
		Descent group: A kin group whose membership is defined in reference to descent from a common ancestor.
	www.uvm.edu /~msherida/Kinship101.doc (1794 words)

	Anthropology Chapter 21 -- True or False
		Ambilineal descent affiliates an individual with kin related to him or her through men or women.
		One of the greater functions of descent groups is that of regulating marriage.
		A moiety is a unilineal descent group composed of supposedly related clans.
	cwx.prenhall.com /bookbind/pubbooks/ember4/chapter21/truefalse1 (182 words)

	Glossary
		Bilateral Descent: Descent system in which descent is traced through both the mother's and father's side with no distinction made between the two sides.
		Descent Group: A group that claims membership to a particular kin group based on a set of descent rules.
		Descent Rules: A set of rules based on how people are related that is used to assign membership in a descent group.
	core.ecu.edu /anth/leibowitzj/Glossary.html (2152 words)

	glossary for ant 314
		If one can compare the core vocabulary of two related languages and count the number of cognates (words that are similar to each other in different languages), one can then plug this value into a mathematical formula and estimate how many millenia or centuries have elapsed since two languages diverged.
		Reckoning descent on only one side does not mean that one has disowned relatives on the other side.
		: the belief a descent group maintains that its origins and perhaps its fate are intimately tied to a particular animal; the belief that a group of people are related to an animal, plant or natural phenomenon
	mthwww.uwc.edu /WWWMAHES/courses/anthro/gloss314.htm (1284 words)

	Public Anthropology
		However, within these broad comparisons, two reoccurring concepts emerge— that position structures of ambilineal descent groups are more variable than those of unilineal groups and that role structuring in ambilineal groups is based less on kin-type differentiation and more on allocation of roles to other types of positions.
		He expects that ambilineal groups will be less kin-type differentiated than unilineal groups, will tend towards less complex kinship terminology systems, will practice cross-sex avoidance but rely less on joking relationships between relatives, and devote little attention to formal marriage exchanges.
		These can follow patrilineal, matrilineal or ambilineal principles in ambilineal systems (patrilineal are the most common) and thus may differ from the actual rule defining membership, something that can never occur in a unilineal group.
	www.publicanthropology.org /Archive/Aa1964.htm (12336 words)

	Chapter Outline
		The nuclear family is ego-centered and impermanent, while descent groups are permanent (lasting beyond the life spans of individual constituents) and reckoned according to a single ancestor.
		A clan is a descent group who claims common descent from an apical ancestor but cannot demonstrate it (stipulated descent).
		In tribal societies, the descent group, not the nuclear family, is the fundamental unit.
	highered.mcgraw-hill.com /sites/0073530956/student_view0/chapter9/chapter_outline.html (881 words)

	Families
		Descent groups are often corporate, sharing resources and property
		An individual is born into a unilineal descent group (ascribed status) and can choose which ambilineal descent group to join (achieved status)
		Common with ambilineal descent and bilocal residence pattern
	www.clas.ufl.edu /users/bkimura/familiesdescentkinship.htm (430 words)

	Descent and Kinship
		Associated with matrilineal descent, i.e., affiliation to one's mother's clan.
		Associated with patrilineal descent, i.e., affiliation to one's father's clan, an almost mirror image of the Crow system.
		An ambilineal descent system, within which ego selects affiliation with either the mother's or father's descent group.
	www.webpages.uidaho.edu /~rfrey/220descent_and_kinship.htm (174 words)

	Kiribati Kinship
		Everyone is affiliated with the descent groups (ramages) of several ancestors, although he or she is most active in a group associated with his or her own or the parents' place of residence.
		Members of a descent group who together with their spouses and children occupied a communal dwelling or hamlet on its estate constituted a residential group (te kaainga, a term used for a descent group conceived of as a landholding corporation and also for the land itself).
		Cousin terminology is Hawaiian-type: everyone with whom one shares an ancestor an equal number of generations removed can be referred to by the terms for "sibling of the same sex" or "sibling of the opposite sex." Other cognatic and affinal relatives are also classified by generation.
	www.everyculture.com /Oceania/Kiribati-Kinship.html (191 words)

	Study Guide #4 Kinship
		Descent traced through the male line for some purposes and the female line for other purposes
		Tracing descent in which both male and female lines are recognized; it is up to the individual to choose between them
		Descent traced through the female line only for women and the male line only for men
	www.warren-wilson.edu /~socanth/coursepages/200handout4.html (240 words)

	Kinship Terms
		Ambilineal- descent traced and kinship groups assigned through either the male or female line; example of cognatic rule system
		Cognatic- a class of descent rules; both male and female lines are used to determine relationships between people; group members can trace their heritage to a common ancestor; bilateral descent is the most common form of cognatic rule
		Double Descent- tracing kinship both matrilineally and patrilineally; not the same as unilineal descent or bilateral descent
	www.mnsu.edu /emuseum/cultural/kinship/terms.html (500 words)

	Definitions of Anthropological Terms
		cognatic descent - tracing descent through both the females and males in one's lineage.
		corporate descent group - a descent group that owns or controls property.
		Go To descent group - a kin group whose members are recruited by one of the principles of descent; e.g., matrilineal, patrilineal, etc.
	oregonstate.edu /instruct/anth370/gloss.html (5930 words)

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		As a result, ego's father's sister (paternal aunt) has her own unique kin term that is different from the kin term of ego's mother's sister (maternal aunt).
		This kind of system is commonly found in societies with unilineal descent rules and unilocal postmarital residence rules.
		It is commonly found in societies with ambilineal descent.
	www.duke.edu /~ldbaker/classes/INTRO/092600L7.html (577 words)

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		Hoben (1963, 1973), Levine (1965), and Young (1970) claim that descent among the Amhara is ambilineal, while Messing (1937) and Lipsky (19620 claim that it is usually patrilineal.
		In either case, the descent group is non-corporate and does not usually function as a whole.
		Land tenure among the Amhara of Ethiopia; the dynamics of cognatic descent.
	lucy.ukc.ac.uk /EthnoAtlas/Hmar/Cult_dir/Culture.7825 (1350 words)

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