Main features / assumptions of matriarchal theory:
1. There was lack of permanent or stable marital relationships. Thus, the family was known by the name of the mother. So, the lady was the medium of relations.
2. Blood relation could be known only through mother.
3. Mother was considered the head of the family and she was the owner of the household.
4. Females had the monopoly and inheritance on property and power. Thus, the head of the family used to be the female.
5. After the death of the mother, property was divided not among her sons, but among her daughters.
6. Mother was the center of power in Matriarchal families. The family governed by her had the elements of origin of state.
