Ethnology, Volume 9University of Pittsburgh, 1970 - Anthropology |
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... Land Tenure and Adoption A man's most important possession is his land . In general women do not own land . Although there are a few exceptions to this rule , they are of little significance in connection with our present problem . The land ...
... Land Tenure and Adoption A man's most important possession is his land . In general women do not own land . Although there are a few exceptions to this rule , they are of little significance in connection with our present problem . The land ...
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... land . Within the patrilineal descent groups , land would be unevenly distributed . A man with many brothers descended from a father with little land would be left virtually landless , whereas an only son of a large landowner would come ...
... land . Within the patrilineal descent groups , land would be unevenly distributed . A man with many brothers descended from a father with little land would be left virtually landless , whereas an only son of a large landowner would come ...
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of the patriline , land has great prestige value for the individual owner . If one has much land , one can display generosity both by letting others use one's land and by giving away large amounts of garden produce . And on Bellona ...
of the patriline , land has great prestige value for the individual owner . If one has much land , one can display generosity both by letting others use one's land and by giving away large amounts of garden produce . And on Bellona ...
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Labels and Rituals in Semai Classification | 16 |
Personal Shrines at Afikpo Simon Ottenberg | 26 |
Lappish Decisions Partnerships Information | 52 |
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adoption adult affinal Afikpo agnatic Amahuaca American Anthropologist AMLOXO analysis animals Anthropology AXALOXO Bajau Beaver behavior Bellona Bellonese boys brother Chhattisgarhi child clans consanguineal culture daughter Ego's ethnographic Ethnology father female Ego folktale fosterage genetrix genitor girls glossed goddess Guaymà Gurage HBC Arch herd household hunter hunting territories Igbo Indians individual Islands Jalé Kafa kin terms kin types kinship kinsmen Lac Seul land lineage linked London Maenge male marriage married married couple Mehinacu moiety mother Ngawbe nkamalo OE/OT Ojibwa Osnaburgh parallel cousins parents patrilineal descent patrilineal descent group personal shrines plants practice relationship relatives retirement ritual sacrifice Samoan seclusion Semai sexual siblings SiHu sister social organization society solidarity special terms spouse Star Husband tale structure subsistence techniques Table Tawi-Tawi terminology tion tribe variables variant village wife witchcraft woman women