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BILATERAL KINSHIP [1 record]

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Record 1 1985-04-26

English

Subject field(s)
  • Anthropology
  • Social Organization
CONT

Bilateral kinship principles were in the past and remain fundamental to the social organization of these people.

OBS

bilateral; adj.: related or tracing descent through both maternal and paternal ancestors - contrasted with "unilateral".

Key term(s)
  • bilateral kinship system

French

Domaine(s)
  • Anthropologie
  • Organisation sociale
OBS

[...] Les systèmes indifférenciés ne privilégient aucune ligne de filiation et la conséquence est que les groupes de filiation définis par rapport à un ancêtre commun se recoupent les uns les autres et ne forment pas des entités distinctes, capables d'avoir une entité ou une localisation.

Spanish

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