Frequency Of External Warfare

Associated Documents (4)

Main AuthorPublished YearTitle
Carter, Jr., HaroldMilitary organization as a response to residence and size of population: a cross-cultural study
Erchak, Gerald M.Societal isolation, violent norms, and gender relations: a reexamination and extension of levins...
Divale, William TulioThe causes of matrilocal residence: a cross-ethnohistorical survey
Eff, E. AnthonFarming and Fighting: An Empirical Analysis of the Ecological-Evolutionary Theory of the Inciden...

Associated Hypotheses (17)

Main AuthorHypothesis
Carter, Jr., Harold"Societies with uxorilocal/matrilocal residence are more likely to have a high frequency of external warfare than societies with virilocal/patrilocal residence" (275).
Erchak, Gerald M.There will be a relationship between cultural support for violence and wife beating (115).
Divale, William Tulio"The recency of past migration should be correlated with the frequency of external warfare engaged in by a society" (295)
Divale, William Tulio"Uxorilocal or matrilocal residence should be correlated with frequent external warfare while avunculocal or patrilocal residence should be correlated with less frequent external warfare" (297)
Eff, E. AnthonPopulation density will be positively associated with the frequency of external war
Eff, E. AnthonThe presence of high gods will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonThe presence of writing and records will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonLow amounts of contact with other societies will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonThe presence of metal technology will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonWar wealth will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonThe presence of capitalistic enterprises will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonBoreal forests will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonTemperate broadleaf and mixed forests will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonTemperate coniferous forests will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonPolitical autonomy will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonThe amount of jurisdictional hierarchy in a local community will be negatively associated with the frequency of external warfare
Eff, E. AnthonThe importance of agriculture will be positively associated with the frequency of external warfare

Associated OCMs

  1. external relations
  2. instigation of war
  3. warfare