Raoul Naroll's Contribution to Archaeology

Cross-Cultural Research • Vol/Iss. 28 • Published In • Pages: 351-363 •
By Peregrine, Peter N.

Abstract

An extension of the author's 1993 study, An Archaeological Correlate of War, this study examines the relationship between community permeability and war in the ethnographic record using Naroll's study on household and population as a model with the aim of making inferences to the archaeological record.

Samples

Sample Used Coded Data Comment
Standard Cross Cultural Sample (SCCS)CombinationUsed Ember and Ember (1992) warfare ratings; coded permeability of community

Hypotheses (1)

HypothesisSupported
Community permeability (accessibility to households) will have a linear correlation with frequency of war (358)Supported
Documents and Hypotheses Filed By: Kate Cummings  Jessie Cohen