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

"The threat or presence of famine and starvation [will] be associated with the storage and preservation of food" (343).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Spearman’s rank-order correlationSupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Food StorageDependentPreservation And Storage Of Food
Starvation/famineIndependentDisasters