Scale analysis, evolutionary sequences, and the rating of cultures

Carneiro, Robert L.

Scale analysis, evolutionary sequences, and the rating of cultures

A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology • Natural History Press • Garden City • Published In 1970 • Pages: 834-871 •

By Carneiro, Robert L.

Abstract

Carneiro presents work on the evolutionary sequences of cultures. He concludes that human societies have evolved in a direction towards increased complexity. He also discovers a specific sequence of cultural traits that societies have largely followed.

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"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)	Supported

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Scale analysis, evolutionary sequences, and the rating of cultures

A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology • Natural History Press • Garden City • Published In 1970 • Pages: 834-871 • Cite

By Carneiro, Robert L.

Abstract

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Hypotheses (1)

A Handbook of Method in Cultural Anthropology • Natural History Press • Garden City • Published In 1970 • Pages: 834-871 •