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| Collection of products and valuables by a central authority, followed by distribution according to some normative or legal principle. |
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| In which every individual is allowed only one spouse. |
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| Among the nuer and nundi (kenya) |
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| Unilineal descent groups whose members believe they are descended from a common ancestor through either the male line or the female line |
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| A married couple and their unmarried children. |
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| Example: Person A possesses goods that person B wants to acquire; B acquires the goods by giving A whatever the amount of money both A and B agree on; A then uses the money to acquire more goods from other people. |
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| A man takes more than one wife |
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| Consists of all people that specific person recognizes as relatives through both sides of the family |
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| Culturally recognized relatives of varying degrees of distance. |
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| In which one woman is allowed multiple husbands. |
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A widow marries her deceased husbands brother or a close relative.
Security for wife and kids. |
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The groom works for brides family after marriage for a certain amount of time.
Kung and Yanamanomo
Gives the young wife to know the groom while living with her family. |
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| Cross cousins (matrilateral/patrilateral) |
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A widower marries his deceased wife's sister or a close relative.
Preserves the affinal relationship previously created. |
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| The family of a woman transfers a portion of its own wealth or property to the woman (their daughter) and/or to her husband and his family. |
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| Internalized/externalized ("sanction") social controls |
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