ANTH 380 Matrilineal Societies in Aboriginal North AmericaAnthropology (2009-2010)
The presence of kinship groups based upon matrilineal descent was a widespread, if scattered, phenomenon in aboriginal North America and the place of matrilineal kin groups in the evolution of human society has been subject to debate within anthropological theory. Selected societies - such as the Iroquois, Cherokee, Crow, Navajo, Hopi, and the Haida - will be examined to reveal the impact of a matrilineal system of descent on the economic, socio-political, and ideological structure of these groups.
Prerequisites: One of ANTH 102, 202, 230
Sections For Fall 2009
ANTH 380 is not held in Fall 2009
Sections For Spring 2009
ANTH 380 is not held in Spring 2009