Table of ContentsBirth Spacing, Aggression and Chiefly Cycling: The Evolution of Social Complexity Introduction Sequence of Societies Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex Societies Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex Societies (cont’d) Three Paradigms for Modeling Evolution of Complex Societies (cont’d) Model 1: Decision Making Mediated by Culture Ethnographic Basis for Constructing a Decision Rule Characterization of Female Activities Criterion for Decisions Decision Rule Simulation: Implementation of the Decision Rule Multi-agent Simulation: Simulation events for each simulation year Decision Rule for Birth Spacing Change in Parameters Stabilized Population Size DemographicTrajectory: Three Simulations Demographic Trajectory Through Time Effect of Change in Resource Density Carrying Capacity versus Stabilized Population Size Australian Data Model 2: Competition Between Groups Competition Between Two Groups Phase State, Equilibrium Between Two Populations Three Groups, Small Resource Patches Change in Competition, Coalescence of Groups 1 and 2 Fission (No Change in Population Density) Yanomamo Cycling Highland New Guinea Cycling Seasonal Variation in Resources, Large Patch Size Seasonal Resource Abundance, Implications for Coalescence Coalescence Leads to Increase in Population Density: Combined Group 1 + Group 2 Wins Out Transition from Troop to Hunter-Gatherer Form of Social Organization Groups of Individuals Band society Implications for Chiefly Cycling Chiefdom (Simple) Chiefdom (Complex) Implications for State Society State Structure(top down structure) That’s All Folks! |
Author: Dwight Read
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