When did the matriarchal society disappear completely?

The matriarchal society in China began about 40,000 to 50,000 years ago and ended in China about 5,000 years ago.

Archaeologically, it belongs to the late Paleolithic period. About 1 10,000 years ago, it belongs to the Mesolithic Age or the early Neolithic Age in archaeology. The matriarchal clan commune took a step forward and reached a prosperous period about six or seven thousand years ago.

The matriarchal clan is maintained by matriarchal blood and passed down by matriarchal relationship, that is, from grandmother to mother, from mother to daughter, from daughter to granddaughter, and so on, without interruption. In Yongning, Yunnan Province, the Naxi people still have a daughter, but only one son is cut off, and the girl must be adopted as the heir.

In the Yangshao cultural relics, some children are found buried with their mothers, which reflects the extremely close relationship between mother and child.

Extended data:

trait

1, inheritance right

Matrilineal clan society, the means of production are owned by the collective, collective labor, and * * * use labor products. Both ceramics and warehouses are publicly owned. After the death of clan members, there is little difference in funerary objects. Property is inherited by collectives, such as Naxi people in Yongning. After the grandmother died, the clan's property remained unchanged, but it was actually the collective inheritance of its children.

As for her personal clothes and decorations, some are for burial and some are for her daughter. My uncle's clothes are inherited by my nephew. Women and men are economically equal and have the right to inherit.

2. National system

Clan is a social cell. They were born together and lived together. Although their houses are related to economic type, settlement degree, living habits and religious beliefs, they are all suitable for the common needs of clans, and there are enough rooms for women of marriageable age to receive male spouses of foreign clans.