| Title | Matriorganization: The basis of Aboriginal Subarctic social organization |
| Publication Type | Journal Article |
| Year of Publication | 1980 |
| Authors | Bishop, C. A., & Krech III S. |
| Secondary Title | Reconsiderations of Aboriginal Social Organization in the North American Subarctic: Papers from a Symposium |
| Volume | 17 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pagination | 34-45 |
| Publisher | Arctic Anthropology |
| Place Published | University of Wisconsin Press |
| Publication Language | en |
| ISBN Number | 0066-6939; 1933-8141 |
| Keywords | Aboriginal, matrilineality, matrilocality, matriorganization, social organization, subarctic, women |
| Abstract | The authors point to a widespread pattern (termed matriorganization) of matrilocality and sometimes matrilineality in the subarctic in the early historic period, offer specific historic reasons for the proposed erosion of matriorganization in specific subarctic areas, and attempt to account for subarctic matriorganization. |
| URL | http://www.jstor.org/stable/40315977 |
| Topics | women, history |
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| Group | Humanities Bibliography |
| Citation Key | 23340 |
