Sib (anthropology)

Sib is a technical term in the discipline of anthropology which originally denoted a kinship group among Anglo-Saxon and other Germanic peoples. In an extended sense, it then became the standard term for a variety of other kinds of lineal (matrilineal or patrilineal) or cognatic (i.e.,descended through links of both sexes) kinship groups. The word may also denote a member of such a group.[1]

American anthropologists often used the term 'sib' as the generic term for a category that breaks down into the sub-classifications of patri-sib, referring to patrilineal clan descent, and matri-sib, to refer to matrilineal clan descent.[2]

## Footnotes

[edit]

1. ^ Oxford English Dictionary 1989, p. 404
2. ^ Fox 1967, pp. 49–50

## References

[edit]

* Oxford English Dictionary. Vol. XV (2nd ed.). Clarendon Press. 1989.
* Fox, Robin (1967). Kinship and Marriage. Penguin.
* Berreman, Gerald D. (October 1962). "Sib and Clan among the Pahari of North India". Ethnology. 1 (4). University of Pittsburgh: 524–528\. doi:10.2307/3772855. JSTOR 3772855.524-528&rft.date=1962-10&rft_id=info:doi/10.2307/3772855&rft_id=https://www.jstor.org/stable/3772855#id-name=JSTOR&rft.aulast=Berreman&rft.aufirst=Gerald+D.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sib+(anthropology)" class="Z3988">
* Lowie, Robert H. (January 1919). "Family and Sib". American Anthropologist. 21 (1). Blackwell Publishing on behalf of the American Anthropological Association: 28–40\. doi:10.1525/aa.1919.21.1.02a00030.28-40&rft.date=1919-01&rft_id=info:doi/10.1525/aa.1919.21.1.02a00030&rft.aulast=Lowie&rft.aufirst=Robert+H.&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sib+(anthropology)" class="Z3988">
* Lessells, C. M.; G. A. Parker (August 1999). "Parent-Offspring Conflict: The Full-Sib-Half-Sib Fallacy". Biological Sciences. 266 (1429). The Royal Society: 1637–1643\. doi:10.1098/rspb.1999.0826. PMC 1690187.1637-1643&rft.date=1999-08&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690187#id-name=PMC&rft_id=info:doi/10.1098/rspb.1999.0826&rft.aulast=Lessells&rft.aufirst=C.+M.&rft.au=G.+A.+Parker&rft_id=https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC1690187&rfr_id=info:sid/en.wikipedia.org:Sib+(anthropology)" class="Z3988">