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Descent Group Analysis

Descent Group Analysis is a genealogical method that systematically examines kinship structures and ancestral affiliations to identify and trace social units formed through shared lineage, distinguishing itself by its focus on the organizational principles and sociopolitical implications of descent-based groupings within human societies.

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2017–2026

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Publications

34

Kinship and Marriage: An Anthropological Perspective.

Rodney Needham, Robin Fox · Man · 1968 · 406 citations

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2. A Note on Descent Groups in Polynesia

Raymond Firth · Man · 1957 · 107 citations

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Segmentary Opposition and the Theory of Games: A Study of Pathan Organization

Fredrik Barth · The Journal of the Royal Anthropological Institute of Great Britain and Ireland · 1959 · 94 citations

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A Pueblo social history: kinship, sodality and community in the northern southwest

Choice Reviews Online · 2014 · 80 citations

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Nonunilinear Descent and Descent Groups<sup>1</sup>

William H. Davenport · American Anthropologist · 1959 · 77 citations · Full text

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Authors

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  1. PM
    Peter M. Whiteley

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  2. AS
    Astrid Stobbe

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    1 publications · 41 citations

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  3. ML
    Madeline Lattman Ritter

    City University of New York, United States

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  4. TR
    Terence Ranger

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 25 citations

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  5. RK
    Rüdiger Krause

    Goethe University Frankfurt, Germany

    1 publications · 41 citations

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Institutions

24

  1. University of Padua

    Padua, Italy

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  2. SIL International

    Dallas, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    45 citations

  3. Institute of History and Archaeology

    Yekaterinburg, Russia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  4. Centre for Palaeogenetics

    Stockholm, Sweden

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  5. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  6. Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology

    Leipzig, Germany

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    41 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    13 citations

  8. Eastern Michigan University

    Ypsilanti, United States

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    120 citations

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Venues

  1. American Anthropologist

    5 publications · 213 citations

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  2. Man

    5 publications · 587 citations

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  3. Africa

    4 publications · 57 citations

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  4. Journal of Anthropological Research

    3 publications · 102 citations

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  5. American Ethnologist

    AE · 2 publications · 52 citations

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