Subsistence Pattern

Associated Documents (8)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Barry III, HerbertCross-cultural research with matched pairs of societies
De Leeuwe, J.Replication in cross-cultural research: descent, marriage system, and mode of production
Wright, QuincyPrimitive warfare and Appendix IX
Nieboer, H. J. Slavery as an industrial system
Nimkoff, M. F.Types of family and types of economy
Young, Frank W.Initiation ceremonies: a cross-cultural study of status dramatization
Nimkoff, M. F.Types of family and The social system and the family
Evascu, Thomas L.A holocultural study of societal organization and modes of marriage: a general evolutionary model

Associated Hypotheses (11)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Barry III, Herbert"[Societies] with stronger pressure toward compliance rather than assertion in child training generally also had greater emphasis on food producing than on food collecting in the subsistence economy" (31)
De Leeuwe, J."Subsistence type does not significantly correlate with the presence or absence of extended families" (99)
Wright, Quincy"[Relation of subsistence level to warlikeness:] it seems clear that collectors, lower hunters and lower agriculturalists are the least warlike. The higher hunters and higher agriculturalists are more warlike, while highest agriculturalists and pastorals are most warlike" (66)
Nieboer, H. J. "Slavery as an industrial system only exists where there is still free land . . . and where subsistence is [not] dependent upon capital. . . . Only among people with open resources can slavery and serfdom exist" (387, 389)
Nimkoff, M. F."There is a rough relationship between type of family system and the subsistence pattern ordered according to productivity and stability: independent family most common in hunting and gathering . . . extended family prevaling where fishing, agriculture dominant . . ." (216-217)
Young, Frank W."Horticulturalists . . . followed by traditional agriculturalists . . . are most likely to have . . . multifemale household organization. . . . The single woman family is increasingly frequent as one moves from food gatherers to modern agriculturalists" (92)
Young, Frank W."The level at which . . . organized conflict is carried on rises as one moves from food gatherers to the modern agriculturalists" (90)
Nimkoff, M. F.There will be a significant relationship between type of descent and mode of subsistence (40).
Evascu, Thomas L.Mode of marriage is more significantly and more strongly correlated with mode of subsistence than it is with post-marital residence (166)
Evascu, Thomas L."Results . . . support expected relationships between subsistence type and societal differentiation and [between]subsistence type and settlement pattern" (150, 156, 159)
Evascu, Thomas L."[Mode of marriage is related to subsistence]: brideservice is related to hunting and gathering . . . bridewealth relates to horticulture, extensive agriculture and pastoralism . . . and dowry is related to intensive agriculture and industrialism" (177-188)

Associated OCMs

  1. annual cycle
  2. tillage
  3. diet
  4. condiments
  5. production and supply