ANTH 1031 Chapter Notes - Chapter 10: Unilineality, Patrilineality, Consistency
5 Feb 2017
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Social groups based on kinship are those whose members recognize themselves as biologically related according to some culturally diverse principles. Kin groups are multifunctional, meaning the same groups organize many aspects of people"s lives, such as who works together, owns land together, and worships together. Descent group: the members believe they descended from a common ancestor. Form of descent: principle through which people trace their descent from previous generations. Unilineal descent: descent through one line (matrilineal and patrilineal, for example) Patrilineal descent: form of descent in which individuals trace their most important kinship relationships through their fathers (most common form of unilineal descent) Matrilineal descent: form of descent in which individuals trace their most important kinship relationships through their mothers. Parallel cousins: have parents who are siblings of the same sex (abby and. Cross cousins: have parents who are siblings of the opposite sex. Unilineally extended families: groups of nuclear families formed by tracing kinship relationships through only one sex.
