Sovereign Groups

Associated Documents (3)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Swanson, Guy E.The birth of the gods; the origin of primitive beliefs
Gray, J. PatrickDo women have higher social status in hunting societies without high gods?
Caulkins, D. DouglasIs Mary Douglas's Grid/Group Analysis Useful for Cross-Cultural Research?

Associated Hypotheses (5)

Main AuthorHypothesis
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)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on monotheism, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with gender bias (1127)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on gender bias, the number of sovereign groups will be positively associated with monotheism (1127)
Gray, J. PatrickControlling on sovereign groups, monotheism correlation with gender bias will be significantly reduced
Caulkins, D. DouglasGrid and group comprise separate dimensions of social organization.

Associated OCMs

  1. social relationships and groups
  2. kin groups
  3. community
  4. territorial hierarchy