dc.contributor.author |
Turchin, Peter |
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dc.contributor.author |
Currie, Thomas E |
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dc.contributor.author |
Whitehouse, Harvey |
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dc.contributor.author |
François, Pieter |
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dc.contributor.author |
Feeney, Kevin |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mullins, Daniel |
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dc.contributor.author |
Hoyer, Daniel |
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dc.contributor.author |
Collins, Christina |
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dc.contributor.author |
Grohmann, Stephanie |
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dc.contributor.author |
Savage, Patrick |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mendel-Gleason, Gavin |
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dc.contributor.author |
Turner, Edward |
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dc.contributor.author |
Dupeyron, Agathe |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cioni, Enrico |
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dc.contributor.author |
Reddish, Jenny |
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dc.contributor.author |
Levine, Jill |
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dc.contributor.author |
Jordan, Greine |
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dc.contributor.author |
Brandl, Eva |
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dc.contributor.author |
Williams, Alice |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cesaretti, Rudolf |
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dc.contributor.author |
Krueger, Marta |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ceccarelli, Alessandro |
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dc.contributor.author |
Figliulo-Rosswurm, Joe |
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dc.contributor.author |
Tuan, Po-Ju |
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dc.contributor.author |
Peregrine, Peter |
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dc.contributor.author |
Marciniak, Arkadiusz |
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dc.contributor.author |
Preiser-Kapeller, Johannes |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kradin, Nikolay |
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dc.contributor.author |
Korotayev, Andrey |
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dc.contributor.author |
Palmisano, Alessio |
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dc.contributor.author |
Baker, David |
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dc.contributor.author |
Bidmead, Julye |
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dc.contributor.author |
Bol, Peter |
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dc.contributor.author |
Christian, David |
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dc.contributor.author |
Cook, Connie |
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dc.contributor.author |
Covey, Alan |
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dc.contributor.author |
Feinman, Gary |
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dc.contributor.author |
Júlíusson, Árni Daníel |
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dc.contributor.author |
Kristinsson, Axel |
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dc.contributor.author |
Miksic, John |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mostern, Ruth |
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dc.contributor.author |
Petrie, Cameron |
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dc.contributor.author |
Rudiak-Gould, Peter |
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dc.contributor.author |
Ter Haar, Barend |
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dc.contributor.author |
Wallace, Vesna |
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dc.contributor.author |
Mair, Victor |
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dc.contributor.author |
Xie, Liye |
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dc.contributor.author |
Baines, John |
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dc.contributor.author |
Bridges, Elizabeth |
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dc.contributor.author |
Manning, Joseph |
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dc.contributor.author |
Lockhart, Bruce |
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dc.contributor.author |
Bogaard, Amy |
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dc.contributor.author |
Spencer, Charles |
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dc.coverage.spatial |
United States |
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dc.date.accessioned |
2023-11-05T22:54:55Z |
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dc.date.available |
2023-11-05T22:54:55Z |
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dc.date.issued |
2018-01 |
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dc.identifier.citation |
(2018). Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of USA, 115(2), E144-E151. |
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dc.identifier.issn |
0027-8424 |
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dc.identifier.uri |
https://hdl.handle.net/2292/66442 |
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dc.description.abstract |
Do human societies from around the world exhibit similarities in the way that they are structured, and show commonalities in the ways that they have evolved? These are long-standing questions that have proven difficult to answer. To test between competing hypotheses, we constructed a massive repository of historical and archaeological information known as "Seshat: Global History Databank." We systematically coded data on 414 societies from 30 regions around the world spanning the last 10,000 years. We were able to capture information on 51 variables reflecting nine characteristics of human societies, such as social scale, economy, features of governance, and information systems. Our analyses revealed that these different characteristics show strong relationships with each other and that a single principal component captures around three-quarters of the observed variation. Furthermore, we found that different characteristics of social complexity are highly predictable across different world regions. These results suggest that key aspects of social organization are functionally related and do indeed coevolve in predictable ways. Our findings highlight the power of the sciences and humanities working together to rigorously test hypotheses about general rules that may have shaped human history. |
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dc.format.medium |
Print-Electronic |
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dc.language |
eng |
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dc.publisher |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences |
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dc.relation.ispartofseries |
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America |
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dc.rights |
Items in ResearchSpace are protected by copyright, with all rights reserved, unless otherwise indicated. Previously published items are made available in accordance with the copyright policy of the publisher. |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://researchspace.auckland.ac.nz/docs/uoa-docs/rights.htm |
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dc.rights.uri |
https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/ |
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dc.subject |
Humans |
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dc.subject |
Geography |
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dc.subject |
Algorithms |
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dc.subject |
Models, Theoretical |
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dc.subject |
Time Factors |
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dc.subject |
Archaeology |
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dc.subject |
Cultural Diversity |
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dc.subject |
Cultural Evolution |
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dc.subject |
Social Change |
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dc.subject |
History, Ancient |
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dc.subject |
Biological Evolution |
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dc.subject |
comparative archaeology |
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dc.subject |
comparative history |
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dc.subject |
quantitative history |
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dc.subject |
sociopolitical complexity |
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dc.subject |
4301 Archaeology |
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dc.subject |
46 Information and Computing Sciences |
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dc.subject |
43 History, Heritage and Archaeology |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology |
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dc.subject |
Multidisciplinary Sciences |
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dc.subject |
Science & Technology - Other Topics |
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dc.subject |
POLITICAL COMPLEXITY |
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dc.subject |
CULTURAL-EVOLUTION |
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dc.subject |
COOPERATION |
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dc.subject |
ORIGIN |
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dc.subject |
TEMPO |
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dc.subject |
MODE |
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dc.title |
Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization. |
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dc.type |
Journal Article |
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dc.identifier.doi |
10.1073/pnas.1708800115 |
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pubs.issue |
2 |
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pubs.begin-page |
E144 |
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pubs.volume |
115 |
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dc.date.updated |
2023-10-05T03:14:21Z |
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dc.rights.holder |
Copyright: The authors |
en |
dc.identifier.pmid |
29269395 (pubmed) |
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pubs.author-url |
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/29269395 |
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pubs.end-page |
E151 |
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pubs.publication-status |
Published |
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dc.rights.accessrights |
http://purl.org/eprint/accessRights/OpenAccess |
en |
pubs.subtype |
Historical Article |
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pubs.subtype |
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't |
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pubs.subtype |
research-article |
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pubs.subtype |
Journal Article |
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pubs.elements-id |
986662 |
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dc.identifier.eissn |
1091-6490 |
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dc.identifier.pii |
1708800115 |
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pubs.record-created-at-source-date |
2023-10-05 |
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pubs.online-publication-date |
2017-12-21 |
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