conventional area used by supra-family units

Body decays or is destroyed in a constructed facility
Body is dismembered, eviscerated or artificially dried and flayed

No ritual
Single formal or ritualized socially organized event
Multiple ritual events which are socially organized

Regional scale of attendance or components of a large community

Honoring the contributions of the living to the ritual event

Cause of death is not something to respond to
Unnatural for persons in the prime of life to die

Divination is not part of mortuary ritual
Divination may be performed but not "built in"
Divination is essential part

Slaves or "contributed" persons may be killed

All contributed goods distributed to participants

Both personalities and sometimes contributed goods

No sorcery-related revenge activity
Revenge is discussed but generally non-violent resolution
Family, sodality or community organize revenge killing or controlled combat

Second cousing or greater lateral marriage

Parental support required or arranged marriages

Broad public presence and participation in marriage ceremony

Balanced exchange
Minor imbalance in favor of the bride's family
Moderate imbalance in favor of the bride's family
Major imbalance in favor of bride's family

Minimal property or real goods investment

Either from mother or father but not both

Augmentation by 3 or more of above means

Reciprocal ritual functions in mortuary rites

None
Present, integrate and differentiate internal organization and articulation with outside groups
Present, play little role in internal organization but directly facilitate articulation with other groups
Present, primarily integrate and differentiate internal organization

Moieties like male and female exchange feasts

Marriages regularly with distant second cousins or persons related more distantly than third cousins
Marriages not permitted with second cousins, but with those more distant
Marriages forbidden with first cousins but second cousins may marry
Marriages forbidden with some first cousins but not other first cousins