1. Kinship and Descent Chapter 21

2. Service Learning Focus Day n Tues. Nov. 17th n 11 am - 3 pm n Walkway between Griffin and the Cafeteria

3. Make a list of features and examples for n Descent groups –Matrilineal Descent –Patrilineal Descent –Ambilineal Descent –Lineage –Clan –Phratry and moiety –Kindred n Kinship –Eskimo –Hawaiian –Iroquois –Crow

4. Descent Groups n Publicly recognized n Social group n Real or mythical ancestor n Clearly defined n Types –unilineal –ambilineal n Unilineal –MatrilinealMatrilineal women as breadwinners horticulture –PatrilinealPatrilineal males as breadwinners pastoralists intensive agriculture –Ambilineal

5. Lineage n corporate descent group n common ancestor n status comes from proof of genealogy n continues after death n takes corporate actions n exogamous

6. Clan n Fission of lineage n noncorporate descent group n common ancestor but do not know links n no residential unity or corporate holdings n patri, matri, and ambi, -lineal n organizes for ceremony n exogamous n protection and hospitality n uses symbols -- totemism

7. n Phratry –unilineal descent –at least two clans –share common ancestor –unable to trace n Moiety –half –share ancestor –can’t prove it

8. Kindred n relatives n shared relationsh through living person n ego is center of group n group changes with ego n ego and sibs only share same kindred n temporary n changing n ceases with death of ego n ceremonial grou for rites of passage n exogamy

9. Eskimo Kinship

10. Hawaiian

11. Iroquois

12. Crow