Criteria of Complexity in Evolution: Cross-Cultural Study in Archaeology of Prehistory

Social Evolution & History • Vol/Iss. 12(1) • 'Uchitel' Publishing House • Volgograd, Russia • Published In • Pages: 28-50 •
By Kradin, Nikolay N.

Hypothesis

Writing will be correlated with social stratification.

Note

Tested in the Atlas of Cultural Evolution (ACE) sample. Also tested using Gamma (1.000, p<0.001) and Spearman Correlation (0.417, p<0.001).

Test

Test NameSupportSignificanceCoefficientTail
Pearson's RSupportedp<0.0010.439UNKNOWN

Variables

Variable NameVariable Type OCM Term(s)
Social StratificationIndependentCastes, Classes
WritingDependentWriting