ANTHR101 Lecture Notes - Lecture 11: Monogamy, Nuclear Family, Unilineality
6 Dec 2016
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Social group of two or more people related by blood, marriage, or adoption who live/reside together for an extended period of time share economic resources and caring for their young. Kin: social unit within a much larger group of relatives. Nuclear family: a couple and their dependent children (basic social unit) Extended family: extends beyond nuclear family; grandparents, aunts, uncles, etc. , who all live together in one household or nearby: marriage. Polygamy (plural marriage spouse of one sex and two or more spouses of the opposite sex); polygyny (1 male, 2+ females), polyandry (1 female, 2+ males) Polygyny: ecologically/economically adaptive strategy for tribal populations; more wives a male has = more land/livestock he will control for allocation and exchange. Polyandry: exists in some hunter-gatherer groups in tribal societies. Biological paternity is either important and valued, or fatherhood becomes social . Levirate: rule that a widow is expected to marry one of her deceased husband"s brothers.
