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Intro -- Contents -- Introduction -- I. Historical and Ecological Setting -- Ecology and the Distribution of Peoples in the Hatay Province -- The Amik Plain -- II. The Struggle for Land and the Organization of Villages in the Plain -- Turkman Settlement into the Estate System -- Al Shiukh Settlement into Core and Fringe Villages -- III. Patterns of Descent, Inheritance and Marriage Among the Al Shiukh -- Descent and Inheritance Rules -- Bridewealth (Naqd) -- Vengeance -- Marriage Patterns According to Rank and Landholdings -- Polygyny and the Dispersal Ratio of Marriages -- IV. Marriage and Other Alliances by the Al Shiukh in the Struggle for the Control of Resources: A Diachronic Analysis -- Variance in Marriage Patterns Over Five Generations -- Principles of Descent Group Discord Continuity: Marriages and other Strategies -- A Diachronic Examination of the Cases -- Behavioral Patterns in Light of Alliance Formations -- V. Conclusion -- Appendixes -- A. Nineteenth Century Ottoman Tapu Defter Describing the Settlement of the Reyhanli Confederation -- B. Ottoman Land Classifications -- C. Types of Work Contracts in the Hatay -- D. Settlement Pattern of Sharecroppers' Mud and Reed Houses on a Turkman Estate: A Freehand Sketch -- E. Annual Agricultural Work Cycle -- F. Income Distribution of Three Villages -- G. Annual Village Income for Core Village -- H. Annual Village Expenditures for Core Village -- I. Tests to Isolate Size Factor in Marriage Preference Patterns within the Al Shiukh Patronymic Section -- J. Observed Minus Expected Frequency Choices by Sublineage among the Al Shiukh, Two and one half Generations -- K. Index of Preference of Sublineage I for Marriage with Sublineage J among the Al Shiukh, Two and one half Generations.

L. Observed Minus Expected Frequency Distribution of Marriage Choices by Lineage among the Al Shiukh, Four and one half Generations -- M. Index of Preference of Lineage I for Marriage with Lineage J among the Al Shiukh, Four and one half Generations -- Bibliography.