Agricultural Potential

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Brown, ChristianThe state and the supernatural: support for prosocial behavior
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Osafo-Kwaako, PhilipPolitical centralization in pre-colonial Africa

Associated Hypotheses (9)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Brown, ChristianCultural transmission, resource scarcity, animal husbandry, community size, and caste stratification will be positively associated with a belief in moralizing gods, while agricultural potential, population size, and external warfare will be negatively associated with a belief in moralizing gods (11).
Osafo-Kwaako, PhilipAgricultural potential may predict population density, which in turn could predict political centralization in the world sample, but not in the African sample.
Frederic L. PryorForaging economy type (Classic, transitional, human-wealth oriented, intangible-wealth oriented, politically oriented, and physical-wealth oriented) will be associated with various environmental attributes. (49)
Frederic L. PryorClassic foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes (47)
Frederic L. PryorTransitional foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes (49).
Frederic L. PryorHWO foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes. (48)
Frederic L. PryorIWO foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes. (48)
Frederic L. PryorPO foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes. (48)
Frederic L. PryorPWO foraging economies will be associated with certain environmental attributes. (48)

Associated OCMs

  1. annual cycle
  2. tillage
  3. production and supply