matrilineal

In other words, the book is concerned with a matrilineal approach.

And so the thread became matrilineal as it has always been since.

This area of Africa still remains, in many areas, a matrilineal society.

Some of the most well known matrilineal alliances are given below.

As a matrilineal society, property and land rights are inherited through the mother.

Because descent is matrilineal, these relations must fall on the mother's side.

They developed a matrilineal society, with hereditary power passed through the mother.

They are exploited by small groups of women related through matrilineal ties.

The system is associated with groups that have a strong tradition of matrilineal descent.

The loss of her father resulted in a matrilineal familial system.

The social structure is based on matrilineal clans who control land and resources.

Succession in the tribe was matrilineal - passed through the mother's side.

Thus her work references matrilineal systems and points to the possibility of female leadership.

These tests are limited to either the patrilineal or the matrilineal line.

Membership was matrilineal but males held the leading political and social positions.

The tribe has a matrilineal system of kinship and inheritance.

Other matrilineal societies do not approach equality of the sexes.

Matrilineal descent was an important factor in the outcome of the final battle.

They share a very similar culture, with matrilineal descent.

Washington's matrilineal line of descent is the line from mother to daughter.

Matrilineal descent has been made a matter of law, the father's name being secondary."

The pods are highly stable and the members have close matrilineal relationships.

One of the causes is the matrilineal kinship system.

Creek society was matrilineal; therefore a person's status and identity were determined through their mother.

However, some anthropologists reported that the Cheyenne had a matrilineal band system.