Secondary Disposal of the Dead: Cross-Cultural Codes

Secondary disposal will be related to food shortage (89)

No significant relationship with any of Dirks’ (1993) six codes

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
`UNKNOWN`	Not Supported	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Food Shortage	Association	Gratification And Control Of Hunger, Production And Supply
Secondary Disposal	Association	Burial Practices And Funerals, Mourning, Special Burial Practices And Funerals

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Schroeder, Sissel	2001	The incidence of secondary disposal will be low in sedentary societies (88)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schroeder, Sissel	2001	Secondary disposal will occur more frequently among logistically mobile hunter-gatherers than among residentially mobile hunter-gatherers (88)	Not Supported, but in predicted direction	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Schroeder, Sissel	2001	Nomadic bands will be more likely to exhibit secondary treatment than sedentary societies (88)	Not Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Benyshek, Daniel C.	2006	There is no difference in food shortage frequency between foragers and agriculturalists (121).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Benyshek, Daniel C.	2006	There is no difference in food shortage extent between foragers and agriculturalists (121).	Supported	2	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author