Nomads and Farmers: A Study of the Yo¨ru¨k of Southeastern Turkey

Contents
Introduction
I. Pastures, Migratory Routes, and the Social Landscape
	The Area of Study
	The Geographic Dimension
	The Social Landscape
II. The Ideology of Agnatic Descent, Descent Groups, and Segmentation
	Tribe and Lineage Conceptions
III. Yoruk Normative and Alternative Systems of Marriage
	Culturally Stipulated Preferences of Marriage
	Observed Marriage Frequencies
	Bride Price and Kidnapping
	The Contexts and Causes of Kidnapping
	Kidnapping and the Dispersion of Kinship Ties
	Summary and Final Remarks on Marriage
IV. Residence and the Formation of New Households Through Separation and Inheritance
	Rules of Post-Marriage Co-Residence and Stated Preferences
	Extended Patrilocality: Fratrilocality
	Filiolocality
	Women and Post-Marriage Residence
	Inheritance and the Formation of New Domestic Units
	Residence Defined by the Proximity of Tents
	The Problem of Dyadic Kin Ties
V. Camp Groups and the Acquisition of Pasture Rights
	The Contractural Nature of Pasture Rights
	Migration
	Leadership, Economic Differentiation, and Pasture Acquisition
VI. Domestic Production, Consumption, and the Determinants of Variations in Wealth
	The Herd as the Unit of Production
	Consumption of Market Purchased Commodities
	Limited Partnerships
	Distribution of Wealth in Nomadic Society
	The Domestic Mode of Production
VII. Nomadic Settlement and Changes in Social Life
	Distribution of Wealth and Settlement
	Group Settlement
	Social Change After Settlement
VIII. Conclusion
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