Settlement Size

Associated Documents (6)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Roscoe, PaulFish, game, and the foundations of complexity in forager society: the evidence from new guinea
Leavitt, Gregory C.Disappearance of the incest taboo: a cross-cultural test of general evolutionary hypotheses
Gray, J. PatrickHeight and sexual dimorphism of stature among human societies
Naroll, RaoulA preliminary index of social development
Leavitt, Gregory C.General evolution and Durkheim's hypothesis of crime frequency: A cross-cultural test
Lobo, JoséScaling of Hunter-Gatherer Camp Size and Human Sociality

Associated Hypotheses (10)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Roscoe, PaulThe proportion of dietary fauna that is from aquatic sources is positively associated with population density, settlement size, and residential permanency (p. 29).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Controlling for simple societies, incest taboo extension is negatively associated with military, transportation, and communication technology as well as economic differentiation, settlement size, and trade (116, 119, 124).
Gray, J. PatrickA smaller male stature will be associated with smaller settlement sizes (452).
Naroll, Raoul"An allometric relationship seems to exist between social evolution and urbanization, that is, between occupational specialization or organizational ramification on one hand and size of settlement on the other" (689)
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with violent crime (249).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with property crime (250).
Leavitt, Gregory C.Social differentiation will be positively associated with indices of miscellaneous crime (251).
Lobo, JoséThe exponent of the scaling relation between camp area and population size will vary between 1 and 2.
Lobo, JoséThe exponent of the scaling relation between camp area and population size will decrease as camp size increases.
Lobo, JoséIn cases where storable resources and storage technology provide a sustainable energetic return and sociocultural institutions reduce the social stress between neighbors, the scaling exponent will decrease and approach the value of two-thirds.

Associated OCMs

  1. settlement patterns
  2. community structure