Kinship Terminology ANTH 321 Kinship and Social Organization

Aspects of Kinship All societies in the world divide up kin by three criteria:

What Are Cross and Parallel Relatives? Parallel relatives are the same sex siblings of

Six Types of Kinship Terminology Based on “lumping and splitting” relatives Lumping Hawaiian Terminology

Crow Kinship Terminology FOUND IN MATRILINEAL SOCIETIES UN = male in ego’s lineage SO

Omaha Kinship Terminology FOUND IN PATRILINEAL SOCIETIES UN = male in mother’s patrilineage MO

Yanomamo Kinship and Marriage A Practical Application Patrilineal Inheritance, Iroquois Kin Terms, Polygyny Preferred,

Study Guide Kinship Gender Generation Collaterality Kinship terminology Parallel relatives Cross relatives Eskimo terminology

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Kinship Terminology ANTH 321: Kinship and Social Organization Kimberly Porter Martin, PH. D.

Aspects of Kinship All societies in the world divide up kin by three criteria: 1. Gender 2. Generation 3. Collaterality Kinship is diagrammed using symbols to indicate these three aspects of each relative.

What Are Cross and Parallel Relatives? Parallel relatives are the same sex siblings of EGO’s parents and the children of the same sex siblings. Cross Relatives are the opposite sex siblings of EGO’s parents and the children of these opposite sex siblings.

Cross and Parallel Relatives

Six Types of Kinship Terminology Based on “lumping and splitting” relatives Lumping Hawaiian Terminology Eskimo Terminology Iroquois Terminology “unlike” relatives together Crow Terminology Omaha Terminology Splitting “like” relatives apart Sudanese Terminology into different categories

Hawaiian Kinship Terminology

Crow Kinship Terminology FOUND IN MATRILINEAL SOCIETIES UN = male in ego’s lineage SO = male child of male in ego’s lineage DA = female child of male in ego’s lineage AU = female in ego’s father’s matrilineage FA = male in ego’s father’s matrilineage

Iroquois Kinship Terminology

Iroquois Terminology with Polygyny

Omaha Kinship Terminology FOUND IN PATRILINEAL SOCIETIES UN = male in mother’s patrilineage MO = female in mother’s patrilineage AU = female in ego’s lineage NE = male child of a female in ego’s lineage NI = female child of a female in ego’s lineage

Omaha Terminology with Polygyny

Eskimo Kinship Terminology

Sudanese Kinship Terminology

Nouristan: Atsarat Tribe

Yanomamo Kinship Exercises

Yanomamo Kinship and Marriage A Practical Application Patrilineal Inheritance, Iroquois Kin Terms, Polygyny Preferred, Cross Cousin Marriage Preferred, Brother Marriage Exchange

Study Guide Kinship Gender Generation Collaterality Kinship terminology Parallel relatives Cross relatives Eskimo terminology Hawaiian terminology Iroquois terminology Omaha terminology Crow terminology Sudanese terminology