Craft Specialization

Associated Documents (9)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Dow, Malcolm M.Agricultural intensification and craft specialization: a nonrecursive model
Carneiro, Robert L.Scale analysis, evolutionary sequences, and the rating of cultures
Schlegel, AliceMale dominance and female autonomy: domestic authority in matrilineal societies
Naroll, RaoulA preliminary index of social development
McNett, Charles W., Jr.Factor analysis of a cross-cultural sample
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCross-cultural correlates of the ownership of private property: Zelman's gender data revisited
Bourguignon, ErikaDiversity and homogeneity in world societies
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCross-Cultural Correlates of the Ownership of Private Property: Two Samples of Murdock's Data

Associated Hypotheses (9)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Dow, Malcolm M.Changes in craft specialization will be followed by changes in agricultural intensity, which will then be followed by further changes in craft specialization (140).
Carneiro, Robert L."Human societies have evolved . . . in much the same direction . . . toward increased complexity. . . . [There is] a specific sequence in the development of culture traits which societies, by and large, have consistently followed" (854, 858)
Bourguignon, ErikaProportion of societies with craft specialization will vary by world region (38).
Schlegel, Alice"Where craft specialization is developed, skilled labor becomes a valuable asset. . . . It would, then, be to the economic advantage of the group to have a strong managerial figure, and one form of male dominance would result" (80)
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)
McNett, Charles W., Jr.Findings: A factor analysis of traits used to develop a settlement pattern scale of cultural complexity yielded three important factors. Factor 6, "Economic" (oblique rotation), loaded heavily and positively on property, trade, and status variables (245)
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterZelman's (1974), Simmons's (1937), Swanson's (1960/1966), and Murdock's (1967) measures of property will cross-correlate (i.e. be replicable).
Rudmin, Floyd WebsterCertain characteristics of societies will be significantly correlated in the same direction in both of Murdock's data sets.

Associated OCMs

  1. smiths and their crafts
  2. production and supply
  3. occupational specialization