Size Of Units Of Settlement

Associated Documents (2)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Alford, RichardNaming and identity: a cross-cultural study of personal naming practices
Swanson, Guy E.The birth of the gods; the origin of primitive beliefs

Associated Hypotheses (2)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Alford, RichardOccurrence of nicknames will be negatively associated with uniqueness of names (83).
Swanson, Guy E."Cumulative scores which combine the number of sovereign groups in a society with the presence of unlegitimezed contacts, the size of the units of settlement, and the presence of sovereign kinship groups are related . . . to indicators of a belief in the immanence of the soul" (135-136)

Associated OCMs

  1. settlement patterns