Ancient Society - The Lines of Progress

The Lines of Progress

The substitutions of ethna better than the previous follow several lines of progress.

No. Line Ethna
I Subsistence The arts of subsistence are
  • Natural Subsistence upon Fruits and Roots,
  • Fish Subsistence,
  • Farinaceous Subsistence through Cultivation,
  • Meat and Milk Subsistence,
  • Unlimited Subsistence through Field Agriculture
II Government
III Language The origin of language is:
  • Gesture Language using natural symbols.
  • Monosyllabical language, the first phase of articulate language.
  • Syllabical Language.
IV The Family The forms of family are
  • Consanguine, ... the intermarriage of brothers and sisters.
  • Punaluan, a Hawaiian custom. ... the intermarriage of several brothers to each other's wives ... and of several sisters to each other's husbands... where "brother" meant all the males in one generation of an extended family and "sister" meant all the females, etc.
  • Syndyasmian. Monogamous marriage without exclusive cohabitation.
  • Patriarchal.... the marriage of one man to several wives.
  • Monogamian.... the marriage of one man with one woman, with an exclusive cohabitation.
V Religion
VI House Life and Architecture
VII Property

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