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

Societies change their political organization (increase or decrease) in any way (sequential or non-sequential) [The "full" model] (802).

This model was ranked relative to the other five models of political organization according to their explanatory power.

Test
Test Name	Support	Significance	Coefficient	Tail
Maximum likelihood/Bayesian reversible-jump Markov chain Monte Carlo	Low support (ranked 3rd/6)	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`	`UNKNOWN`

Variables
Variable Name	Variable Type	OCM Term(s)
Political Organization	`UNKNOWN`	Social Stratification, Territorial Hierarchy

Main Author	Published Year	Hypothesis	Supported	Variables Tested
Currie, Thomas E.	2010	Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in non-sequential paths, and decreases in hierarchical organization are also non-sequential [The "alternative trajectories (reversible)" model] (802).	Low support (ranked 4th/6)	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Currie, Thomas E.	2010	Societies tend to change from simple forms of organization to more complex forms of organization in non-sequential paths, and decreases in hierarchical organization do not occur [The "alternative trajectories" model] (802).	Low support (ranked 6th/6)	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Currie, Thomas E.	2010	Political evolution followed a non-sequential "alternative trajectories" model of increasing complexity.	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Currie, Thomas E.	2010	Political evolution followed a non-sequential "reversible alternative trajectories" model of increasing complexity.	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author
Currie, Thomas E.	2010	Political evolution followed an entirely "full" non-sequential model of increasing complexity.	Not Supported	1	Cite Related Hypotheses More By Author