Archaeology of slavery from cross-cultural perspective

Cross-Cultural Research Vol/Iss. 2017 Sage Published In Pages: 1-25
By Hrnčíř, Václav, Květina, Petr

Hypothesis

There will be a positive association between slavery and metalworking

Note

"Slavery is significantly more frequently present (60.5%) in societies in which metalworking take place compared with those in which it is absent (17.2%) (8)." The correlation between slavery and metalworking was also tested with selected control variables.

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
AssociationSupportedp < 0.001Cramer's V= 0.445UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
MetalworkingIndependentMetallurgy
SlaveryDependentSlavery