Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

Timothy A. Kohler (), Michael E. Smith (), Amy Bogaard, Gary M. Feinman, Christian E. Peterson, Alleen Betzenhauser, Matthew Pailes, Elizabeth C. Stone, Anna Marie Prentiss, Timothy J. Dennehy, Laura J. Ellyson, Linda M. Nicholas, Ronald K. Faulseit, Amy Styring, Jade Whitlam, Mattia Fochesato, Thomas A. Foor and Samuel Bowles
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Timothy A. Kohler: Washington State University
Michael E. Smith: School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University
Amy Bogaard: Santa Fe Institute
Gary M. Feinman: Field Museum of Natural History
Christian E. Peterson: 2424 Maile Way, 346 Saunders Hall, University of Hawaii at Mānoa
Alleen Betzenhauser: Illinois State Archaeological Survey, American Bottom Field Station
Matthew Pailes: University of Oklahoma, 455 W Lindsey
Elizabeth C. Stone: Stony Brook University
Anna Marie Prentiss: University of Montana
Timothy J. Dennehy: School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University
Laura J. Ellyson: Washington State University
Linda M. Nicholas: Field Museum of Natural History
Ronald K. Faulseit: Pierce College
Amy Styring: Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main
Jade Whitlam: Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford
Thomas A. Foor: University of Montana
Samuel Bowles: Santa Fe Institute

Nature, 2017, vol. 551, issue 7682, 619-622

Abstract: Analyses of house-size distributions in the Old and New World showed that wealth disparities increased with the domestication of plants and animals and with increased sociopolitical scale.

Date: 2017
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