The lineage pattern of kinship nomenclature: its significance and development

Southwestern Journal of Anthropology • Vol/Iss. 21 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 36-62 •

By Dole, Gertrude E.

Abstract

This paper investigates correlations between social structure and the pattern of kindship nomenclature. Results suggest that lineage nomenclatures are associated with several aspects of social structure, including unilineal descent, the domestication of plants and animals and inheritance.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
Ethnographic Reports

Hypotheses (3)
Hypothesis	Supported
". . . peoples with lineage nomenclatures . . . have or have had, unilineal descent . . . raise domesticated plants or animals or both . . . have at least some individual ownership and inheritance of strategic resources . . . and some differences in rank among members of a kin group . . . " (46-47)	Supported
". . . lineage nomenclature is correlated with . . . ancestor cults" (50)	Supported
". . . unilineal individual inheritance and ceremonial emphasis on unilineal descent, operating together or separately, give rise to the terminological distinctions that are characteristic of the lineage pattern" (49)	Supported

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The lineage pattern of kinship nomenclature: its significance and development

Southwestern Journal of Anthropology • Vol/Iss. 21 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 36-62 • Cite

By Dole, Gertrude E.

Abstract

Samples

Hypotheses (3)

Southwestern Journal of Anthropology • Vol/Iss. 21 • Published In 1965 • Pages: 36-62 •