Crow-Omaha: New Light on a Classic Problem of Kinship Analysis

The "Crow-Omaha problem" has perplexed anthropologists since it was first described by Lewis Henry Morgan in 1871. During his worldwide survey of kinship systems, Morgan learned with astonishment that some Native American societies call some relatives of different generations by the same terms. Why? Intergenerational "skewing" in what came to be named "Crow" and "Omaha" systems has provoked a wealth of anthropological arguments, from Rivers to Radcliffe-Brown,...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0816507902
• ISBN13: 9780816507900
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: University of Arizona Press
• Length: 360 Pages
• Weight: 1.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.3" x 6.1" x 9.1"