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Descent Group
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Any kin-ordered social group with membership in direct line descent
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Unilineal descent
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Descent that establishes group membership from male or female line (unilateral)
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Matrilineal descent
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Descent through female line
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Patrilineal
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Descent through male line
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Lineage
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A unilineal kinship group descended from a common ancestor 6 or more generations
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Clan
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An extended unilineal kinship group who claim common descent
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Totemism
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The belief that people are related to particular animals, plants or natural objects
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Phratry
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Two claims that claim to share common ancestry
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Moiety
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Each group that results from a division of a society into two halves on the basis of descent
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Hawaiian system
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Kinship reckoning in which all relatives of the same sex and generation are reffered to by the same term
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Eskimo Term
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Nuclear family emphasized while other family members are lumped into broad categories
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Age Grade
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An organized category of people based on age
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Age set
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A formally established group of people born during a certain time span (units people pass through together)
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Class
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Set level of prestige
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Caste
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Form of class that you can't change
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