The Jomon had a clan based tribal system developed similar to much of the worlds indigenous people.
The election was limited to three parties, in an attempt to create ideology based elections rather than clan based elections.
The people were divided into five different clans ("kudis") based on their profession.
The Yukon Confederacy of Judson's book is a neo-feudal, clan based society.
The division may have been instituted by Servius Tullius, as an alternative to the previous clan based divisions that had been responsible for internecine conflict.
The Yayoi culture was a clan based culture that lived in compounds with a defined leader who was the chief and head priest.
Oh, it had peripheral families allied to it, but it was mostly clan based.
In fact the organisation of the group was controlled from Siderno or in accordance with clans based there.
The clans, based mainly on animals, were instrumental in traditional occupations, inter-tribal relations, and marriages.
These players ensure activity and stability for their respective clans and also play larger parts during clan based game releases.