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Also known as: patrilocal residence

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South American nomad cultures

In South American nomad: Composite bands
…in the male line) and patrilocal (a wife resided with her husband’s lineage and band).
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types of marital residence

In residence
…the rule of patrilocality or virilocal residence; if they live with or near the kin of the wife, the residence is said to be matrilocal or uxorilocal. When the couple alternates between the wife’s group and the husband’s group, their household arrangements are called bilocal residence.
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