Effects of residential mobility on the ratio of average house floor area to average household size: implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeology

Cross-Cultural Research • Published In • Pages: 72-86 •
By Porcic, Marko

Abstract

Examines whether nomadism affects the ratio of average house floor area to average household size.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
OtherData on the ratio of average house floor area to average household size was taken from Brown (1987).
Ethnographic Atlas (EA)Residential mobility data
Cross Cultural SampleResidential mobility data

Hypotheses (1)

HypothesisSupported
Expected that more mobile societies have lower ratio of average household size to average house floor area than more sedentary societies (75).Supported
Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Megan Farrer  Amelia Piazza  Carol Ember