Quantifying the relationship between food sharing practices and socio-ecological variables in small-scale societies: A cross-cultural multi-methodological approach

Ahedo, Virginia; Caro, Jorge; Bortolini, Eugenio; Zurro, Débora; Madella, Marco; Galán, José Manuel

Quantifying the relationship between food sharing practices and socio-ecological variables in small-scale societies: A cross-cultural multi-methodological approach

PLoS ONE • Vol/Iss. 14(5) • Public Library of Science • • Published In 2019 • Pages: 1-31 •

By Ahedo, Virginia, Caro, Jorge, Bortolini, Eugenio, Zurro, Débora, Madella, Marco, Galán, José Manuel

Abstract

This study examined possible relationships between food sharing practices, subsistence strategies, and various environmental settings using 22 small-scale societies across America and Siberia. After performing exploratory analyses between each of the 21 socio-economic variables and the 14 basic sharing practices, which amounted to a total of 294 tests, the researchers found hardly any statistically significant relationships.

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See the first hypothesis below for more information on the individual socio-economic and basic sharing practices variables.

Samples
Sample Used	Coded Data	Comment
22 societies from D-PLACE from the Americas and eastern Siberia

Hypotheses (3)
Hypothesis	Supported
There is a positive relationship between the distribution of food sharing practices and the environmental and socio-ecological variables considered (16).	Not Supported
There is a positive relationship between the percentage of dependence on animal husbandry and the development of food sharing practices dominated by status distribution (14).	Partially Supported
Sharing practices of geographically close populations will be similar (14).	Not Supported

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Quantifying the relationship between food sharing practices and socio-ecological variables in small-scale societies: A cross-cultural multi-methodological approach

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By Ahedo, Virginia, Caro, Jorge, Bortolini, Eugenio, Zurro, Débora, Madella, Marco, Galán, José Manuel

Abstract

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Samples

Hypotheses (3)

PLoS ONE • Vol/Iss. 14(5) • Public Library of Science • • Published In 2019 • Pages: 1-31 •