Anthropology Chapter 10

Descent Groups

Group based on belief in shared ancestry.
Family of Orientation

Nuclear family in which one is born and grows up.
Family of Procreation

Nuclear family established when one marries and has children.
Neolocality

Couple establishes new residence.
Extended Family Household

Household with three or more generations.
Collateral Household

Household made up of siblings and their spouses and children.
Unilineal Descent

Matrilineal or patrilineal descent.
Lineage

Unilineal descent group based on demonstrated descent.
Clan

Unilineal descent group based on stipulated descent.
Demonstrated Descent
- Used by a Lineage.
- Members can recite the names of their forebears in each generation from the apical ancestor through the present. (Not necessarily accurate, but lineage members thinks they are)
Stipulated Descent
- Used by Clans
- Clan members merely say they descend from an apical ancestor.
Ambilineal

Flexible descent rule, neither patrilineal nor matrilineal.

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