Tetradic theory and the origin of human kinship systems

Early Human Kinship: From Sex to Social Reproduction

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 96-112

  Allen, Nicholas J ^a  

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Egocentric and sociocentric readings; Genealogical diagram for focal tetradic society; Kinship terminologies and tetradic diagram; Logical simplicity and historical priority; Origin of tetradic structures; Social continuity and need for rules; Tetradic kinship logically simple and difficult to grasp for the those coming into it; Tetradic theory approach to kinship developed in 1980s by Rodney Needham; Tetradic theory and human kinship systems

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EID: 84956553373     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781444302714.ch5     Document Type: Chapter

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