No second type or absence of stratification

Absent or no difference from preceding column
Formerly present

Nonhereditary (appointed by higher authority)
Nonhereditary on basis of seniority or age
Nonhereditary through influence (wealth or social status)
Nonhereditary through election or other formal consensus

Hereditary by a son (patrilineal)
Hereditary by other patrilineal heir (e.g., YoBr)
Hereditary by a sisters son (matrilineal)
Hereditary by other matrilineal heir (e.g., YoBr)
Nonhereditary or absence of any such office

Absence of individual property rights or rules
Other matrilineal heirs (e.g., younger brothers)
Other patrilineal heirs (e.g., younger brothers)

Equal or relatively equal
Exclusively or predominantly to the one adjudged best qualified
Ultimogeniture (to the junior individual)
Primogeniture (to the senior individual)

Equal or relatively equal
Exclusively or predominantly to the one adjudged best qualified
Ultimogeniture (to the junior individual)
Primogeniture (to the senior individual)

Early marriage of females (at or before puberty)
Insistence on virginity
Prohibited but weakly censured and not infrequent
Allowed, censured only if pregnancy results
Trial marriage, promiscuous relations prohibited
Freely permitted, even if pregnancy results

Elliptical or elongated with rounded ends
Quadrangular around (if only partially) inner court

Subterranean or semi-subterranean (ignoring cellars)
Raised substantially on piles, posts, or piers

Plaster, mud and dung, or wattle and daub
Wood, including logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles

Plaster, clay, mud and dung, or wattle and daub

Quadrangular around (or partially around) an inner court

Wood, incl. logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles

long (ending at about 11 years of age or later)

no inculcation, or opposite trait (0 of 10)

Primarily siblings, secondarily other children
Primarily other children, secondarily siblings

Exclusively parental
Single atypical or occasional category of non-parent
Two or more atypical or occasional categories of non-parent
Single category that typical and frequent but less important than parents
Two or more categories, at least oneof which typical and frequent, but less important than parents
More typical and frequent than parents