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Matrilineality in Judaism or matrilineal descent in Judaism is the tracing of Jewish descent through the maternal line. Close to all Jewish communities have followed matrilineal descent from at least early Tannaitic (c. 10–70 CE) times through modern times. [108] The origins and date-of-origin of matrilineal descent in Judaism are uncertain.
Matrilineal William More Gabb: 1875 Bunt: Asia: India: Patrilocal Matrilineal E Kathleen Gough: 1954 Cherokee: North America: United States: Matrilocal Matrilineal Chickasaw: North America: United States: Matrilineal Choctaw: North America: United States: Matrilineal Danes: Europe: Læsø: Matrilocal Matrilineal [5] Bjarne Stoklund [6] 1700 ...
Matrilocality in the Arikari culture in the 17th–18th centuries was studied anew within feminist archaeology by Christi Mitchell, in a critique of a previous study, [7]: 89–94 the critique challenging whether men were virtually the sole agents of societal change while women were only passive. [7]: 90–91
During Late Medieval Times male ultimogeniture ("Borough-English") was the predominant custom in England, as it was the customary rule of inheritance among unfree peasants, [133] and this social class comprised most of the population according to the Domesday Book. In Scotland, by contrast, a strict form of male primogeniture prevailed (and ...
The Mosuo culture, which is in China near Tibet, is frequently described as matriarchal. [70] The term matrilineal is sometimes used, and, while more accurate, still does not reflect the full complexity of their social organization. In fact, it is not easy to categorize Mosuo culture within traditional Western definitions.
Khasi women. Multiple tribes in the state of Meghalaya in northeast India practise matrilineal descent.Often referred to as Khasi people and Garo people, among the Khasi people which is a term used as a blanket term for various subgroups in Meghalaya who have distinguishing languages, rites, ceremonies, and habits, but share an ethnic identity as Ki Hynniew Trep (The Seven Huts) whereas the ...
Detailed anthropological and sociological studies have been made about customs of patrilineal inheritance, where only male children can inherit. Some cultures also employ matrilineal succession, where property can only pass along the female line, most commonly going to the sister's sons of the decedent; but also, in some societies, from the mother to her daughters.
The Cherokee society was historically a matrilineal society; meaning children belong to the mother's clan, and hereditary leadership and property were passed through the maternal line. [1] Traditionally, women were considered the head of household among the Cherokee, with the home and children belonging to her should she separate from a husband ...