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 relationship between slavery and social complexity
Note
Results found that the likelihood of slavery increases as complexity increases, but decreases for the most complex societies. The least complex societies were not found to have slavery. The presence of slavery is thus only related to certain indicators of social complexity (technological specialization/metallurgy, social stratification, political integration, and agriculture) (11).
| Test Name | Support | Significance | Coefficient | Tail |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Principal components analysis | Supported | multiple p-values | multiple Kendall's tau-b | Two-tailed |
| Variable Name | Variable Type | OCM Term(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Agriculture | Independent | Agriculture, Tillage |
| Class Stratification | Independent | Classes |
| Complexity | Independent | NONE |
| Density Of Population | Independent | Population |
| Fixity Of Residence | Independent | Settlement Patterns |
| Land Transport | Independent | Land Transport |
| Metalworking | Independent | Metallurgy |
| Money | Independent | Medium Of Exchange |
| Political Integration | Independent | Political Behavior |
| Slavery | Dependent | Slavery |
| Technological Specialization | Independent | Occupational Specialization |
| Urbanization | Independent | Urban And Rural Life |
| Writings and records | Independent | Records, Writing, Archives |