Primitive Social Organization: An Evolutionary Perspective |
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aboriginal adaptation affiliation affinal Algonkians American Anthropologist Ammassalik Andamanese Anthropologist areas aspects Athabaskans Australian band level band society basic become bifurcate-merging brothers cause characteristic chiefdoms clan classification classificatory cognatic complexity composite bands conception course criteria cross-cousin culture depopulation descent group descent reckoning discussed distinct ecological economic Ego's egocentric environment Eskimo evolution evolutionary example exogamy factor familistic father function genealogical hunting hunting-gathering important Indians individual integration kin groups kinds kinship system kinship terminology kinship terms lineages males marital residence marriage means membership modern moiety nuclear family origin particular patrilineal patrilocal band persons perspective political population position primate primitive problems rank reciprocal relationship relatives residence rules residential groups result seems segmentary lineage sense Shoshone significance social organization social structure sociocentric sodalities specific stages status terminology status terms Steward superorganic territorial theory tion tribal society tribes unilocal uxorilocal virilocal residence Western Shoshone Yahgan