Malekula Island

kinship, 291

Malinowski, Bronislaw, 63, 99, 100, 112, 122, 124, 128n9, 152, 303

Malte-Brun, Conrad, 75

Mamprulli

kin terms, 275

Managalasi

kin terms, 236

Manam

kin terms, 334

Manaster Ramer, Alexis, 284n17

Mande languages, 275

kin terms, 274, 280, 285n27, 366, 367, 373

Mander

kin terms, 223

Mangarayi

kin terms, 263, 268

Manobo

kin terms, 280

Mansi, 323

kin terms, 239, 241

Manus

kin terms, 334

Maori, 302

Mapuche

hand-drum, 362n14

kin terms, 245, 253n34, 268, 370

Mara

kin terms, 226

Marck, Jeff, 107, 335

Mari

kin terms, 171, 208n4, 239, 241, 253n43

Maricopa

kin terms, 283n3

Marr, Nikolai, 99, 100

marriage; see also levirate, sororate

between close kin, 18, 119, 120

cousin, 119, 120

evolution of; see evolution

in Christian law, 90nl

polygamic, 53

Marshall, Lorna, 378nl

Marshall, Mac, 258–261, 265–267, 277, 278, 368

Marxism; see also Marx, Karl development of state according to, 102

and kinship studies; see kinship studies

Marx, Karl, 91, 99, 103, 109, 125

Masaba-Luyia

kin terms, 247

Masai

kin terms, 168, 179n21

Masons; see Freemasons

Matacoan

kin terms, 132, 295

Mathews, John Joseph, 58nl

mating

assortative, 140

Matis

kin terms, 235, 288, 297

Matlock, James, 156

matriarchy, 61, 94

in European historiography, 68

Maué

kin terms, 179n19

Mauss, Marcel, 133, 185, 188

Mayan language family

kin terms, 269, 271, 371

Maya

kinship, 105, 199, 230, 235, 306n4

mtDNA, 350, 375, 378n7

Mayo

kin terms, 216