Indices of sociocultural development and cultural accumulation:  an exponential cultural growth law and a "cultural surgency" factor

"The aggression implicit in cannibalism, human sacrifice, sacrificial grave escort, and slavery are also associated with cultural elaboration" (1114)

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
t-test	Supported	p<.05	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Aggression And Dominance	Association	Personality Traits
Cultural Elaboration	Association	Total Culture

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Bowden, Edgar	1969	"Freedom of postpartum sexual activity is correlated with cultural elaboration" (1114)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Young, Frank W.	1965	"As male solidarity is more institutionalized, the elaboration of initiation ceremonies increases" (74)	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Reeves, Edward B.	1989	Ritual elaboration will be positively associated with social density (227, 231).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Bacon, Margaret K.	1963	". . . with an increased Level of Political Integration, Social Stratification, and Elaboration of Social Control there is an increase in the frequency of Theft" (297).	Supported	4	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Simmons, Leo W.	1945	Domination by old men over family affairs and a corresponding enhancement of their security are accompanied by more complex types of maintenance, a shift from matrilineal to patrilineal descent, and elaboration of government, laws, property rights, and religion (213)	Supported	6	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author