War, peace, and marital residence in pre-industrial societies

Journal of Conflict Resolution • Vol/Iss. 20 • Published In • Pages: 57-78 •
By Divale, William Tulio, Chamberis, Frosine, Gangloff, Deborah

Abstract

This article tests a series of hypotheses differentiating internal warfare and external warfare. Results support the theory that internal warfare is a population control mechanism more common in patrilocal societies, whereas external warfare occurs between two societies, one of which recently migrated and adopted matrilocal residence. Based on these findings, the authors assert that internal warfare can be regulated while external warfare cannot.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
HRAF Collection of Ethnography (paper/fiche)

Hypotheses (8)

HypothesisSupported
"No war or infrequent war should be correlated with stable peace and frequent war with unstable peace" (61)Supported
"Internal war should be correlated with the presence of peacemaking mechanisms and external war with their absence" (61)Supported
"Internal war should be correlated with more stable peace and external war with unstable peace" (61)Supported
"Patrilocality should be correlated with internal war and matrilocality with external war" (61)Supported
"No war or infrequent war should be correlated with patrilocality and frequent war with matrilocality" (61)Supported
"Patrilocality should be correlated with peacemaking mechanisms and matrilocality with their absence" (61)Supported
"Patrilocality should be correlated with stable peace and matrilocality with unstable peace" (62)Supported
"No war or infrequent war should be correlated with peacemaking mechanisms and frequent war with their absence" (62)Supported
Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: mas  Amelia Piazza