Matrilineal Descent

Associated Documents (16)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Murdock, George PeterPatterns of sibling terminology
Peregrine, Peter N.Trade and matrilineality: a hypothesis based on world-systems theory
Alford, RichardNaming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices
Whyte, Martin KingThe status of women in preindustrial societies
Goody, JackSideways or downwards? Lateral and vertical succession, inheritance and descent in africa and e...
Murdock, George PeterSettlement patterns and community organization: cross-cultural codes 3
Murdock, George PeterMeasurement of cultural complexity
Martin, M. KayFemale of the species
Schlegel, AliceAdolescence: an anthropological inquiry
BenYishay, ArielThe Fish is the Friend of Matriliny: Reef density predicts matrilineal inheritance across the wo...
Gouldner, Alvin W.Notes on technology and the moral order
Rácz, PéterSocial Practice and Shared History, Not Social Scale, Structure Cross-Cultural Complexity in Kin...
Lowes, SaraKinship structure, stress, and the gender gap in competition
Athias, LaureDemand for Vaccination in Sub-Saharan Africa: The Vertical Legacy of the Slave Trade
Surowiec, AlexandraA worldwide view of matriliny: using cross-cultural analyses to shed light on human kinship systems

Associated Hypotheses (20)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Murdock, George Peter"The correlation between sibling terminology of type F (defined by primary distinctions of relative sex) and matrilineal descent is subjected to a chi square test . . . And found reliable" (3, 13)
Peregrine, Peter N.Matrilineal forms of descent will be positively associated with the introduction of trade in a world-system (101, 105).
Alford, RichardName uniqueness will be negatively associated with societal size, complexity, and stratification (70).
Alford, RichardTotal number of name changes in an individual's lifetime will be negatively associated with societal complexity and size (86).
Whyte, Martin KingMatrilineal descent will be associated with higher status for women (33)
Schlegel, AliceInculcation for sexual restraint will be predicted by certain societal variables (164).
Goody, Jack". . . descent groups of the matrilineal kind are significantly less likely to be found in the Eurasian continent. Matrilineal descent groups . . . are found more frequently in Africa than in Eurasia" (636)
Martin, M. KaySocieties with a hunting-gathering subsistence base will be patrilocal and patrilineal (185).
Martin, M. KayPatrilateral emphasis in foraging groups (either patrilocality or patrilineal descent) will be positively associated with severity of premarital sex restrictions (188).
Martin, M. KayMatrilineal descent will be positively associated with female contribution to subsistence and negatively associated with dependence on cultivation (219).
Martin, M. KayMatrilineal descent in horticultural groups will be negatively associated with severity of female premarital sex restrictions (247).
Murdock, George Peter"Matrilineal descent reaches its highest frequency at the intermediate evolutionary level of incipient agriculture and declines with the rise of food production to a dominant position" (273)
Murdock, George Peter"Matrilineal descent is heavily concentrated in the Lower Middle range [of cultural complexity] with only a relatively negligible number of cases at other levels" (391)
BenYishay, ArielMatriliny will be positively associated with reliance on fishing as measured by reef density (2).
Gouldner, Alvin W.Findings: Factor L, "Lineality", is bipolar. Traits which load heavily and positively (oblimax rotation) are: patripotestal family authority, patrilineal inheritance, patrilineal descent, patrilineal succession, and subjection of women. Negative loadings are for matrilineal inheritance and descent (21)
Surowiec, AlexandraMatriliny is associated with the prior presence of matrilocality.
Rácz, PéterBilateral or ambilineal descent systems are likely to have less complex kinship systems than patrilineal or matrilineal ones (11).
Lowes, SaraMen and women of matrilineal descent will be more likely to choose to compete than those from patrilineal descent.
Athias, LaureChildren's vaccination rate for measles will be negatively correlated with maternal ancestral ethnic group exposure to the slave trade and matrilineal inheritance.

Associated OCMs

  1. rule of descent