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segmentary lineage: a standalone construct

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Political anthropology

a descent system in which lineages nest within larger ones and unite against outsiders at the needed level, which Sahlins links to predatory expansion.

In political anthropology, segmentary lineage refers to a descent system in which lineages nest within larger ones and unite against outsiders at the needed level, which Sahlins links to predatory expansion. This meaning comes from Sahlins (1961) in American Anthropologist.[1]

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References

Sahlins, M. D. (1961). The Segmentary Lineage: An Organization of Predatory Expansion. American Anthropologist, 63(2), 322-345. https://doi.org/10.1525/aa.1961.63.2.02a00050

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