Lineage Nomenclature

Associated Documents (1)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Dole, Gertrude E.The lineage pattern of kinship nomenclature: its significance and development

Associated Hypotheses (3)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Dole, Gertrude E.". . . 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)
Dole, Gertrude E.". . . lineage nomenclature is correlated with . . . ancestor cults" (50)
Dole, Gertrude E.". . . 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)

Associated OCMs

  1. kinship terminology