Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific

Nature • Vol/Iss. 467(7317) • Macmillan • • Published In • Pages: 801-804 •
By Currie, Thomas E., Greenhill, Simon J. , Gray, Russell D. , Hasegawa, Toshikazu, Mace, Ruth

Hypothesis

Political evolution followed a non-sequential "alternative trajectories" model of increasing complexity.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Phylogenetic modelNot SupportedUNKNOWNUNKNOWNUNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Political ComplexityDependentTerritorial Hierarchy