Climatic instability, food storage, and the development of numerical counting: a cross-cultural study

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 33 Published In Pages: 341-368
By Divale, William Tulio

Hypothesis

Societies that store significant amounts of food will have more elaborate counting systems (343).

Note

Tested using both the Probability Sample Files and SCCS.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationSupportedUNKNOWNrho= .660UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Degree Of Food StorageIndependentPreservation And Storage Of Food
Highest Number CountedDependentNumeration