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Universal Patterns in Cultural Evolution: An Empirical Analysis Using Guttman Scaling
Author(s) -
PEREGRINE PETER N.,
EMBER CAROL R.,
EMBER MELVIN
Publication year - 2004
Publication title -
american anthropologist
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.51
H-Index - 85
eISSN - 1548-1433
pISSN - 0002-7294
DOI - 10.1525/aa.2004.106.1.145
Subject(s) - guttman scale , scaling , empirical research , empirical evidence , test (biology) , sociology , evolutionary biology , history , epistemology , mathematics , biology , paleontology , philosophy , statistics , geometry
We test for universal patterns in cultural evolution by Guttman scaling on two different worldwide samples of archaeological traditions and on well‐known archaeological sequences. The evidence is generally consistent with universal evolutionary sequences. We also present evidence for some punctuated evolutionary events.