Avunculocality and incest: the development of unilateral cross-cousin marriage and Crow-Omaha kinship systems

American Anthropologist Vol/Iss. 63 Published In Pages: 747-771
By Eyde, David B., Postal, Paul M.

Hypothesis

"If the hypothesis that matrilateral cross-cousin marriage is a determinant of Crow systems is true, Crow systems should occur more frequently in societies which are avunculocal than do other systems of terminology" (759)

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Yule’s QSupportedabove .10.31UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
AvunculocalityIndependentResidence
Crow Kinship TerminologyDependentKinship Terminology