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  • They practiced uxorilocal marriage, and they managed inheritance along the line of a woman's matrilineage.
  • Matrilocal and uxorilocal residence patterns often featured in community formation, as male immigrants settled in the home communities of their wives.
  • Their presence provided the basis for population permanence, and matrilocal or uxorilocal residence patterns featured strongly in shaping the contours of settlement.
  • Matrilineal bridges often factored in the clustering of families in particular coves and harbors; and matrilocal or uxorilocal residence patterns played a crucial role...
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