ABSTRACT
A s w e have already seen, ‘elem entary’ and ‘com plex’ structures were originally defined b y Lévi-Strauss as follows:
Elem entary structures o f kinship are those system s . . . w hich
prescribe marriage w ith a certain type o f relative. . . . T h e
term ‘com plex structures’ is reserved for system s w hich . . .
