Lineage (anthropology)

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Anthropology of kinship

Basic concepts

Descent

Linealities
Cognatic / Bilateral Matrilateral House society Avunculate
Ambilineality Unilineality Matrilineality Patrilineality

Household forms and residence

Gender

Third gender

Terminology

By group
Kinship terminology Classificatory terminologies
Iroquois Crow Omaha Eskimo Hawaiian Sudanese Dravidian

Case studies

Gender
Australian Aboriginal Burmese Chinese Philippine Polyandry in Tibet / in India
Mosuo matrilineality Chambri (female-dominant) Hijra (third-gender)
Sexuality
Coming of Age in Samoa

Major theorists

Social anthropology
Cultural anthropology

A lineage is a unilineal descent group that can demonstrate their common descent from a known apical ancestor. Unilineal lineages can be matrilineal or patrilineal, depending on whether they are traced through mothers or fathers, respectively. Whether matrilineal or patrilineal descent is considered most significant differs from culture to culture.

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