Community Size

Associated Documents (28)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Basu, SudiptaMemory, transaction records, and the wealth of nations
Sosis, RichardScars for war: evaluating alternative signaling explanations for cross-cultural variance in ritu...
Ember, MelvinThe relationship between economic and political development in nonindustrialized societies
Robbins, Michael C. House types and settlement patterns
Brown, ChristianThe state and the supernatural: support for prosocial behavior
Hill, KimPolitical institutionalization in primitive societies: a hologeistic analysis
Korotayev, Andrey V.Unilocal residence and unilineal descent: a reconsideration
Cone, Cynthia A.Personality and subsistence: is the child the parent of the person?
Witkowski, StanleyEnvironmental familiarity and models of band organization
Ball, Donald W.The scaling of gaming: skill, strategy, and chance
Johnson, Dominic D.P.God's punishment and public goods
Barry III, HerbertSocial behaviors associated with hereditary community leadership
Roberts, John M.Belief in the evil eye in world perspective
Prescott, James W.Body pleasure and the origins of violence
Hendrix, LewellynIllegitimacy and social structures: cross-cultural perspectives on nonmarital birth
Demerath, LorenThe importance of gossip across societies: correlations with institutionalization
Pearson, Jr., WillieDivorce and the status of women
Whiting, Beatrice BlythPaiute sorcery
Martin, M. KayFemale of the species
Bourguignon, ErikaDiversity and homogeneity in world societies
Schlegel, AliceAdolescence: an anthropological inquiry
Apostolou, MenelaosIs homosexuality more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting and gathering societies?: Eviden...
Frederic L. PryorEconomic Systems of Foraging, Agricultural, and Industrial Societies
Dow, Gregory K.The economics of exogamous marriage in small‐scale societies
Adler, Michael A.Communities of Soil and Stone- An Archaeological Investigation of Population Aggregation
Bourrat, Pierrick Supernatural punishment and individual social compliance across cultures
Shilton, DorGroup singing is globally dominant and associated with social context

Associated Hypotheses (36)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Basu, SudiptaCommunity size is positively associated with recordkeeping (902)
Sosis, RichardCommunity size will be positively associated with costliness of male rites.
Ember, Melvin". . . [there is a positive] correlation between upper limit of community size differentiation of political authority" (239)
Robbins, Michael C. "Ground plans . . . [are] correlated with . . . mean size of local community and intensity of agricultural practices. . . . Circular ground plans would tend to be associated with small communities practicing no . . . or casual agriculture, rectangular with large communities, intensive agriculture" (13)
Brown, ChristianCultural transmission, resource scarcity, animal husbandry, community size, and caste stratification will be positively associated with a belief in moralizing gods, while agricultural potential, population size, and external warfare will be negatively associated with a belief in moralizing gods (11).
Hill, KimVarious socio-economic variables (agricultural dependence, fixity of settlement, community size, population density, and class stratification) will predict political complexity (279).
Korotayev, Andrey V.Larger community size will be associated with the purely unilocal residence (86-89).
Cone, Cynthia A."Reported differences in personality descriptions among mixed farmers and pastoralists may be a result of a constellation of differences linked to the two types of economies" (295).
Witkowski, StanleyCommunity size will be positively associated with degree of endogamy (26).
Ball, Donald W.Social organization variables will be positively related to game complexity (287).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.Societies in which high gods are more active and concerned with human morality will be larger (420).
Johnson, Dominic D.P.In a multiple regression model, presence of high gods will be positively associated with money and credit, credit source, community size, jurisdictional hierarchy beyond the local community, and sanctions (426).
Barry III, HerbertSmall community population is positively associated with hereditary leadership (8)
Bourguignon, ErikaMean community size will vary according to world region (48).
Roberts, John M.". . . the evil eye is associated with . . . communities [larger than 1000]" (245)
Schlegel, AliceSize of boys' peer group will be positively associated with community size (78).
Schlegel, AliceCommunity size will be positively associated with adolescent participation in religious activity (80).
Prescott, James W.In societies where premarital sex is strongly punished, community size is larger, slavery is present, societal complexity is high, personl crime is high, class stratification is high, incidence of theft is high, extramarital sex is punished, wives are purchased, castration anxiety is high, bellicosity is extreme, sex disability is high, killing, torturing and mutilating the enemy is high, narcissism is high, exhibitionistic dancing is emphasized, there are small extended families, longer pos...
Martin, M. KayDependence on cultigens in horticultural societies will be positively associated with community size (218).
Martin, M. KayAgricultural groups have larger community sizes than horticultural groups (282).
Hendrix, LewellynSanctions regarding illegitimacy are negatively associated with female economic and political power (108).
Demerath, LorenGossip will be more important, rather than less important, in larger communities (298, 301).
Pearson, Jr., WillieCommunity size will be negatively associated with female status (381)
Whiting, Beatrice Blyth". . . superordinate control . . . is correlated with the size of the population of the community, small communities tending to have coordinate control" (91)
Apostolou, MenelaosHomosexuality will be more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting & gathering societies when controlling for community size. (6)
Apostolou, MenelaosHomosexuality will be more prevalent in agropastoral than in hunting-gathering societies when controlling for social stratification. (7)
Frederic L. PryorEconomic development will be associated with certain political institutions among foraging groups. (52)
Frederic L. PryorForaging economy type (classic, transitional, human-wealth oriented, intangible-wealth oriented, politically oriented, or physical-wealth oriented) will be associated with the presence of certain political institutions. (52)
Dow, Gregory K.Rate of exogamy will be positively associated with disparities in productivity between the two residence sites. (1807)
Dow, Gregory K.Rate of exogamy will be negatively associated with community size. (1807)
Adler, Michael A.There is a positive relationship between the level of leadership and the size of the community (139).
Adler, Michael A.There is a positive relationship between community size and use group size (size of group using an integrative facility) (164).
Adler, Michael A.There is a relationship between community size and the existence of socially integrative facilities (153).
Bourrat, Pierrick Community size will be positively correlated with the prevalence of societal belief in supernatural punishment.
Shilton, DorGroup singing will be related to community size.

Associated OCMs

  1. demography
  2. population
  3. composition of population
  4. settlement patterns
  5. community
  6. community structure