A lineage-bonded society is a type of
acephalous society predicated on claims of a common
ancestor.
A lineage-bonded society is by population, the smallest classification of acephalous society. Beyond a certain size threshold, claims of common lineage become untenable, and the social ties resulting from those claims destabilize. A lineage-bonded society that outgrows its limits may break apart into subgroups. Such branches would then either become separate lineage-bonded societies, or would merge with a neighboring society. When two lineage-bonded societies merge in such a way, the outcome is a
land-bonded society
Land-Bonded Societies are acephalous societies that fall in between lineage-bonded societies and village-bonded societies.
Land-bonded societies are strictly agrarian, excluding inherently nomadic pastoralists from society. They form from th ...
A lineage-bonded society may harbor a
secret society or may be large enough to support
age sets but can't sustain both secret societies and age sets, and cannot make the
transition to statehood.
This society is similar to a
band society.
See also
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Ethnic group
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Tribe
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Blood quantum laws
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Dawes Act
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Dawes Rolls
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References
* Based on material presented by
Joseph C. Dorsey at
Purdue University
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Anthropological categories of peoples
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