Iroquois Kinship Terminology

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Coult, Allan D.Terminological correlates of cross-cousin marriage
Goody, JackCousin terms

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Coult, Allan D."[There is] a relationship . . . between Iroquois and preferential bilateral cross-cousin marriage, since Iroquois terminology tends to be associated with weak matrilineality and patrilineality and therefore with societies which . . . tend to be bipotestal" (138)
Goody, Jack"Iroquois [kin] terms . . . are associated with preferred cross-cousin marriage" (138)

Associated OCMs

  1. kinship terminology