Rise and fall of political complexity in island South-East Asia and the Pacific
Nature • Vol/Iss. 467(7317) • Nature Publishing Group • • Published In • Pages: 801-804 •
By Currie, Thomas E., Greenhill, Simon J. , Gray, Russell D. , Hasegawa, Toshikazu, Mace, Ruth
Hypothesis
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).
Note
This model was ranked relative to the other five models of political organization according to their explanatory power.
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Maximum likelihood/Bayesian reversible-jump Markov chain Monte Carlo | Low support (ranked 4th/6) | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN | UNKNOWN |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Political Organization | UNKNOWN | Social Stratification, Territorial Hierarchy |