Preface | p. vii |
Kinship Notation | p. xi |
Linguistic Note | p. xiii |
A Classic Problem | p. 1 |
Crow-Omaha in Theory | |
Crossness and Crow-Omaha | p. 31 |
Tetradic Theory and Omaha Systems | p. 51 |
North America | |
Omaha and "Omaha" | p. 69 |
Crow-Omaha Kinship in North America: A Puebloan Perspective | p. 83 |
Phylogenetic Analysis of Sociocultural Data: Identifying Transformation Vectors for Kinship Systems | p. 109 |
Africa | |
A Tetradic Starting Point for Skewing? Marriage as a Generational Contract: Reflections on Sister-Exchange in Africa | p. 135 |
Crow- (and Omaha-) Type Kinship Terminology: The Fanti Case | p. 153 |
Deep-Time Historical Contexts of Crow and Omaha Systems: Perspectives from Africa | p. 173 |
South America | |
The Making and Unmaking of "Crow-Omaha" Kinship in Central Brazilian Ethnology) | p. 205 |
Schemas of Kinship Relations and the Construction of Social Categories among the Mebêngôkrê Kayapó | p. 223 |
Australia | |
Omaha Skewing in Australia: Overlays, Dynamism, and Change | p. 243 |
"Horizontal" and "Vertical" Skewing: Similar Objectives, Two Solutions? | p. 261 |
Afterword | |
Crow-Omaha, in Thickness and in Thin | p. 281 |
Notes | p. 299 |
Glossary | p. 303 |
References | p. 309 |
About the Contributors | p. 335 |
Topics Index | p. 337 |
Peoples Index | p. 344 |
Persons Index | p. 347 |
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