Matrilineal Kinship

Index to Marriage and Kinship / Descent

Crow Kinship System

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matrilineal (uterine) = unilineal descent through women

Found among 15% of all cultures
Kinship is traced through the female line
Women control land and products
Found in the Pacific, Australia, small parts of Mediterranean coast
Declining though capitalism (Barbara D. Miller, 2002)

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