Largest patrilineal exogamous group [EA018]

Description: The largest patrilineal kin group characterized by exogamy.

Code # Code
1 No patrilineal exogamy
2 Extension of incest taboos to known patrilineal kinsmen, provided such extension does not apply generally to bilateral kinsmen of equal remoteness
3 Lineages of modest size, i.e., patrilineal kin groups whose core membership is normally confined to a single community or a part thereof
4 Sibs ("clans" in British usage), i.e., lineages whose core membership normally comprises residents of more than one community
5 Phratries, i.e., maximal lineages when there are more than two in the society and when sibs are also present. Segmentary lineage systems in which segments of a lower order of magnitude are equivalent to sibs are also included in this category.
6 Moieties, i.e., maximal lineages when there are only two such in the society

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Dataset:
Murdock et al. 1999 'Ethnographic Atlas'
Variable:
Largest patrilineal exogamous group [EA018]
Description:
The largest patrilineal kin group characterized by exogamy.
Values:
1 No exogamy 708
2 Extended taboo 1
3 Lineages 221
4 Sibs 289
5 Phratries 30
6 Moieties 28
Datapoint Society Language family Details Focal year Subcase