Property Control and Social Strategies in Settlers in a Middle Eastern Plain

Contents
Introduction
I. Historical and Ecological Setting
	Ecology and the Distribution of Peoples in the Hatay Province
	The Amik Plain
II. The Struggle for Land and the Organization of Villages in the Plain
	Turkman Settlement into the Estate System
	Al Shiukh Settlement into Core and Fringe Villages
III. Patterns of Descent, Inheritance and Marriage Among the Al Shiukh
	Descent and Inheritance Rules
	Bridewealth (Naqd)
	Vengeance
	Marriage Patterns According to Rank and Landholdings
	Polygyny and the Dispersal Ratio of Marriages
IV. Marriage and Other Alliances by the Al Shiukh in the Struggle for the Control of Resources: A Diachronic Analysis
	Variance in Marriage Patterns Over Five Generations
	Principles of Descent Group Discord Continuity: Marriages and other Strategies
	A Diachronic Examination of the Cases
	Behavioral Patterns in Light of Alliance Formations
V. Conclusion
Appendixes
	A. Nineteenth Century Ottoman Tapu Defter Describing the Settlement of the Reyhanli Confederation
	B. Ottoman Land Classifications
	C. Types of Work Contracts in the Hatay
	D. Settlement Pattern of Sharecroppers\' Mud and Reed Houses on a Turkman Estate: A Freehand Sketch
	E. Annual Agricultural Work Cycle
	F. Income Distribution of Three Villages
	G. Annual Village Income for Core Village
	H. Annual Village Expenditures for Core Village
	I. Tests to Isolate Size Factor in Marriage Preference Patterns within the Al Shiukh Patronymic Section
	J. Observed Minus Expected Frequency Choices by Sublineage among the Al Shiukh, Two and one half Generations
	K. Index of Preference of Sublineage I for Marriage with Sublineage J among the Al Shiukh, Two and one half Generations
	L. Observed Minus Expected Frequency Distribution of Marriage Choices by Lineage among the Al Shiukh, Four and one half Generations
	M. Index of Preference of Lineage I for Marriage with Lineage J among the Al Shiukh, Four and one half Generations
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