ANTH 1031 Lecture Notes - Lecture 4: Lewis H. Morgan, Bilateral Descent, Bride Price
25 Jan 2017
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One of the founding fathers of anthropology. He took a materialist approach (sought to understand society through technology and the economy) Proposed evolutionary stages, with each stage ascribed a particular technology and social organization. Transferred wealth may represent or replace woman"s inheritance (share) of family wealth. Largely restricted to europe, but also common in india. Usually in the form of personal or household goods, but can also be jewelry: brideservice: similar to bridewealth, however rather than the exchange of goods, services are provided. The groom works for the bride"s family for a period as compensation for the loss of their daughter. Example: the trobriand group of papau-new guinea follows a matrilineal descent pattern, except oddly, the father is not considered a blood-relative. He is merely considered the mother"s husband or an in-law. Example: the lakher-assam group of burma follows a patrilineal descent, and like the. Trobriand pattern, the mother is not considered a blood-relative.
