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Descent Group Structure

Descent Group Structure is a theoretical construct in lineage organization that specifies the hierarchical and relational configuration of kinship units formed through recognized lines of descent, distinguishing it from other social structures by its foundational reliance on genealogical ties to organize membership, authority, and inheritance.

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The Structure of Unilineal Descent Groups<sup>1</sup>

Meyer Fortes · American Anthropologist · 1953 · 306 citations

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Hawaii as a Model System for Human Ecodynamics

Patrick Vinton Kirch · American Anthropologist · 2007 · 131 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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    Nantel Bergeron

    York University, Canada

    2 publications · 54 citations

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  2. ME
    Melvin Ember

    Hunter College, United States

    2 publications · 66 citations

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  3. DS
    David Soudry

    Geological Survey of Israel, Israel

    2 publications · 38 citations

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  4. RC
    Raphaëlle Chaix

    Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, France

    2 publications · 78 citations

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  5. PM
    Peter M. Whiteley

    American Museum of Natural History, United States

    2 publications · 79 citations

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  1. Yale University

    New Haven, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    151 citations

  2. Harvard University

    Cambridge, United States

    3 h-index

    3 publications

    76 citations

  3. Tel Aviv University

    Tel Aviv, Israel

    2 h-index

    3 publications

    55 citations

  4. Université Paris Cité

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    8 publications

    208 citations

  5. Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique

    Paris, France

    2 h-index

    11 publications

    351 citations

  6. Harvard University Press

    Cambridge, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    54 citations

  7. University of California, Berkeley

    Berkeley, United States

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    144 citations

  8. University of Cambridge

    Cambridge, United Kingdom

    2 h-index

    2 publications

    368 citations

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  1. American Anthropologist

    8 publications · 669 citations

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  2. Man

    5 publications · 236 citations

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  3. Journal of Anthropological Research

    4 publications · 145 citations

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  4. Journal of Algebra

    4 publications · 108 citations

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  5. Africa

    2 publications · 29 citations

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