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- Architecture as a material correlate of mobility strategies: some implications for archeological interpretationDiehl, Michael W. - Behavior Science Research, 1992 - 4 Hypotheses
This article investigates a possible association between mobility strategy and dwelling construction. The author tests a broad hypothesis that planned duration of use for a structure is positively associated with the investment costs in building a dwelling. Some operational hypotheses are supported; others are not.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Inferences from the shape of dwellingsWhiting, John W.M. - Settlement Archaeology, 1968 - 5 Hypotheses
This study examines several correlates of the shape of floor plans of dwellings. Authors find that "whether a culture is settled or nomadic, the form of its family and the presence or absence of status distinctions are related to its house type, and the house types can in turn be inferred from the floor plan." Curvilinear houses are associated with polygyny and nomadism and rectilinear houses are associated with sedentarism, extended families, and status distinctions.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Circular or rectangular ground plans: Some costs and benefitsArwen L. Feather - Nebraska Anthropologist, 1996 - 5 Hypotheses
In the present study, Feather explores the relationship between floor plan shape and settlement permanence in order to theorize how mobility strategy influences floor plan choice. Feather incorporates the theoretical framework of previous studies by examining how floor plans and building materials vary across mobility and residential strategies, as well as social and political concerns.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Effects of residential mobility on the ratio of average house floor area to average household size: implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeologyPorcic, Marko - Cross-Cultural Research, 2012 - 1 Hypotheses
Examines whether nomadism affects the ratio of average house floor area to average household size.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Onstage and offstage sex: exploring a hypothesisMaxwell, Robert J. - Cornell Journal of Social Relations, 1967 - 4 Hypotheses
The relationship between restrictions on premarital sex and the privacy of sexual practices is examined, using the degree of impenetrability of house materials as both a proxy and assumed cause for "offstage" or private sex. The author theorizes that permissive premarital sex norms are a response to open dwelling types which are themselves an adaptation to warm temperatures.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Floor area and settlement populationNaroll, Raoul - American Antiquity, 1962 - 1 Hypotheses
This paper discusses the relationship between floor area and settlement population.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Borrowing versus migration as selection factors in cultural evolutionNaroll, Raoul - Journal of Conflict Resolution, 1976 - 1 Hypotheses
This paper investigates two mechanisms of cultural evolution: peaceful diffusion and warlike migration. Two societies, one for each mechanism, were compared to a base society on 11 culture traits. Eight of the 11 traits diffused more readily through peaceful borrowing than through warlike migration. The authors conclude that eliminating warlike migration would slow cultural evolution but that peaceful borrowing is a favored mechanism for culture contact and change.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Population estimation from floor area: a restudy of "naroll's constant"Brown, Barton McCaul - Cross-Cultural Research, 1987 - 4 Hypotheses
A restudy of Naroll's (1962) measure of dwelling floor area using theory that it is predicted by the basic needs for protection from climate and crowding. This theory is not supported by the findings but Brown posits a new average for estimating floor area in dwellings based on his sample.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - Material Culture and CognitionRobbins, Michael C. - American Anthropologist, 1966 - 1 Hypotheses
This paper tests for a correlation between primary house shapes and preferences for curved or straight lines in art.
Related Documents Cite More By Author - House floor area as a correlate of marital residence pattern: a logistic regression approachPorcic, Marko - Cross-Cultural Research, 2010 - 1 Hypotheses
This article employs logistic regression to test the relationship between house floor area and marital residence. Results indicate there is an association, but the relationship is stronger in a solely agricultural sample and nonexistent in a non-agricultural sample. This is likely due to the tendency for mobile groups to build several smaller homes for faster and more efficient household construction. Overall the authors suggest that floor area alone should not be taken as a sole indicator of marital residence.
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