Codebook for Louis R. Binford's foragers dataset.
seq339. Sequence number
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 170
min 1
max 339
sd 98.005
groupno. Group number
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 192.13
min 1
max 390
sd 112.851
name. Version 1 of society name
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=339
First six non-missing records:
society name
Punan Punan_(Borneo)
Batek Batek_Phillipines
Kubu Kubu-(Ridan)
Shompen Shompen
Onge Onge
Jarwa Jarwa
year. Year of ethnography
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=59
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 1886.218
min 1570
max 1990
sd 49.487
ethref. Ethnographies used as source of forager data. The
pinpointing date is in parentheses.
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=235; Number
of unique values=197
First six non-missing records:
society ethref
Punan Kedit 1982
Harrison 1949 Avadhani 1975
Batek Eder 1987
Cadelina 1982
Shompen Rivzi 1990
Onge Heine-Geldern
Hoehn-Gerlachstein 1958 Sen 1962 Cooper 1991
Jarwa Temple 1903
Radcliffe-Brown 1948
Semang Schebesta
1954 Skeat & Blagden 1906 | Kuchikura 1988 (1880s)
eanumber. Ethnographic Atlas society number (manual coding)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=207; Number
of unique values=207
Stat Value
nobs 207
mean 464.343
min 1
max 1248
sd 236.76
eafolk. Ethnographic Atlas society name (manual coding)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=212;
Number of unique values=209
First six non-missing records:
society eafolk
Punan PUNAN . .
Kubu KUBU. . .
Semang SEMANG. .
Veddah VEDDA . .
Chenchu CHENCHU .
Birhor HO. . . .
wnainumb. Western North American Indian ID number (manual
coding)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=84; Number
of unique values=84
Stat Value
nobs 84
mean 68.643
min 2
max 155
sd 42.787
wnaisociety. Western North American Indian society name (manual
coding)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=84; Number
of unique values=84
First six non-missing records:
society wnaisociety
Cahuilla Desert
Cahuilla
Cupeno Cupeno
Kiliwa Kaliwa
Diegueno Desert
Diegueno
Lake Yokuts Lake Yokuts
Serrano Serrano
badlangiso. Flag: possibly inaccurate language classification
and code
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=2
Freq Value
327 0
12 1
wldsec. World sector
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=5
Freq Value
20 Africa
28 asia
56 Aust.
214 NoAmer
21 SoAmer
secno. Detailed world sector (North America subdivided)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=10
Freq Value
28 a
21 b
20 c
56 d
47 f
44 g
19 h
31 i
51 j
22 k
wc.area. Culture area
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=10
Freq Value
20 AFR
30 ARC
23 ASIA
56 AUS
42 BC NWC
1 ENA
32 NNA
20 SOAM
98 SW
17 WNA
wcont. Continent of society
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=124;
Number of unique values=5
Freq Value
20 AFRICA
56 AUSTRALIA
16 EURASIA
12 INDIA
20 SA
215 NA
wlocation. Location of society
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=67
First six non-missing records:
society wlocation
Punan Indonesia
Batek Philippines
Kubu Indonesia
Shompen Nicobar
Islands
Onge Andaman
Islands
Jarwa Andaman
Islands
longitude. Longitude (decimal degrees)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=319
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean -44.976
min -170.31
max 170.08
sd 105.943
latitude. Latitude (decimal degrees)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=324
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 26.228
min -60
max 77.49
sd 32.393
et. Effective temperature; (Equation: 4.01); (Table: 4.01);
(Binford 2001:58)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=282
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 14.617
min 8.64
max 25.51
sd 3.894
cmat. Mean annual temperature (degrees C); (Table: 4.01);
(Binford 2001:58)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=320
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 11.97
min -14.86
max 28.73
sd 10.532
mcm. Mean temperature of coldest month (degrees C); (Table:
4.01); (Binford 2001:59)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=314
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.6
min -36.92
max 27.39
sd 15.558
mwm. Mean temperature of warmest month (degrees C); (Table:
4.01); (Binford 2001:59)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=276
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 21.335
min 4
max 39
sd 6.527
temp. Temperateness; (Equation: 4.02); (Binford 2001:59)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=319
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 51.724
min 19.02
max 85.43
sd 13.323
mtemp. Evenness in temperature across seasons; (Equation: 4.03);
(Binford 2001:68)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=326
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 70.59
min 14.16
max 98.88
sd 19.429
crr. Annual rainfall (mm); (Table: 4.01); (Binford 2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 820.414
min 41.42
max 3649.84
sd 745.761
clim. Ordination of the Earth's climates by effective
temperature; (Table: 4.02); (Binford 2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=7
Freq Value Description
19 1 ET<10.00
96 2 ET 10.00 to 12.49
90 3 ET 12.50 to 14.55
52 4 ET 14.56 to 16.61
20 5 ET 16.62 to 18.15
44 6 ET 18.16 to 22.57
18 7 ET >=22.58
rhigh. Mean rainfall of wettest month (mm); (Table: 4.01);
(Binford 2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=329
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 145.657
min 6.35
max 753.87
sd 129.381
rlow. Mean rainfall of driest month (mm); (Table: 4.01);
(Binford 2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=245
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 17.746
min 0
max 255.65
sd 30.954
reven. Unevenness in rainfall across seasons; (Equation: 4.04);
(Binford 2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=183
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.25
min 1.19
max 5.26
sd 0.672
sdtemp. Standard deviation of mean monthly temperature; (Binford
2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=293
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 6.826
min 0.25
max 18.4
sd 4.175
sdrain. Standard deviation of mean monthly rainfall; (Binford
2001:70)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=328
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 45.818
min 1.84
max 262.42
sd 44.042
rrcorr. Difference between month with greatest rainfall and that
with highest temp. Using the warmest month as a reference point, the number of
months (or parts thereof), positive or negative, that separate the wettest
month from the warmest month; (Binford 2001:71)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=15
Freq Value
6 -4
4 -3
17 -2
29 -1
2 -0.5
32 0.1
59 1
2 1.5
33 2
28 3
19 4
41 5
54 6
1 6.5
12 7
rrcorr2. Positive scale for rrcorr: add 4.5 to rrcorr; if any
subsequent values are negative, they are added to 12; (Table: 4.01); (Binford
2001:71)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=58
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 6.86
min 0
max 13.34
sd 2.946
rrcorr3. Like rrcorr2, except that in environments with a
12-month growing season, the value is set to 4.5 ; (Binford 2001:71)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=15
Freq Value
5 0.5
2 1.5
16 2.5
24 3.5
2 4
133 4.5
22 4.6
36 5.5
1 6
13 6.5
8 7.5
12 8.5
22 9.5
37 10.5
6 11.5
season. Season with greatest rainfall (derived from rrcorr2);
(Binford 2001:71)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
27 1 Spring
122 2 Summer
82 3 Fall
108 4 Winter
mrain. Evenness in rainfall across seasons (higher values =>
more even); (Equation: 4.06); (Binford 2001:72)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of unique
values=292
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 14.342
min 0
max 70.41
sd 15.935
medstab. Mediterranean climate indicator (higher values =>
more Mediterranean); (Equation: 4.05); (Binford 2001:72)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=139
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.551
min 0
max 35.88
sd 5.668
growc. Effective growing season (number of months in growing
season); (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:73)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=13
Freq Value
10 0
5 1
8 2
23 3
13 4
33 5
28 6
47 7
6 8
13 9
12 10
8 11
133 12
ae. Actual evapotranspiration; (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:74)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 505.964
min 87.06
max 1794.47
sd 368.571
watd. Water deficit; (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:75)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=314
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 331.502
min 0
max 1308.47
sd 291.211
snowac. Snow accumulation; (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:75)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=140
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 39.799
min 0
max 825.9
sd 91.028
watret. Quantity of water actually present in the soil; (Table:
4.07); (Binford 2001:75)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=303
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 60.928
min 0
max 373.93
sd 62.241
pet. Potential evapotranspiration; (Table: 4.07); (Binford
2001:75)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 837.338
min 118.49
max 1867.69
sd 411.601
ptoae. Potential evapotranspiration relative to actual evapotranspiration
(low values have higher plant growth potential); (Equation: pet/(1+ae));
(Binford 2001:78)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=181
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.158
min 0.89
max 15.85
sd 1.586
hirx. Potential evapotranspiration relative to annual rainfall.
Values less than 1 tend to be forested, greater than 1 arid, and around 1
savannas and steppes.; (Equation: pet/ccr); (Binford 2001:78)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=210
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 1.93
min 0.16
max 33.69
sd 2.444
ptowatd. Potential evapotranspiration relative to water deficit
(high values imply high plant growth potential); (Equation: pet/(1+watd));
(Binford 2001:78)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=239
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 83.144
min 1.07
max 1794.49
sd 278.81
avwat. Moisture ordination of climates; (Table: 4.05); (Binford
2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=8
Freq Value Description
17 1 PTOAE > 5.0
86 2 2.25<PTOAE=5.0
66 3 1.61<PTOAE=2.25
25 4 1.41<PTOAE=1.61 and DEFPER
> 50
18 5 1.41<PTOAE=1.61 and DEFPER
< 50
35 6 PTOAE=1.41 and PTOWATD >
3.4 and PTOAE > 1.23
54 7 PTOAE=1.41 and PTOWATD >
3.4 and 1.01<PTOAE=1.23
38 8 PTOAE=1.41 and PTOWATD >
3.4 and PTOAE=1.01
nagp. Net above-ground productivity: new cell life added to a
habitat as a result of photosynthesis and growth (g/sqm/yr); (Equation: 4.10);
(Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 856.814
min 36.32
max 5514.85
sd 1065.545
wltgrc. Number of months plants would wilt because of water deficit;
(Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=13
Freq Value
112 0
39 1
22 2
40 3
43 4
20 5
25 6
8 7
12 8
10 9
5 10
2 11
1 12
defper. Percentage of growing season with a water deficit;
(Equation: 4.08); (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=38
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 57.293
min 0
max 100
sd 31.818
watdgrc. Number of months during growing season in which water
deficit occurs; (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=13
Freq Value
36 0
24 1
29 2
61 3
31 4
44 5
35 6
26 7
18 8
3 9
5 10
3 11
24 12
perwret. Percentage of growing season with water stored in soil;
(Equation: 4.07); (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=35
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.398
min 0
max 1
sd 0.31
perwltg. Percentage of growing season for which water available
is below the wilting point for plants; (Equation: 4.09); (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=34
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.318
min 0
max 1
sd 0.285
latgroup. Binary indicator of proximity to equator; (Binford
2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
173 1 <= 40 degrees
166 2 > 40 degrees
lnagp. Log 10 of nagp; (Binford 2001:79)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=157
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.663
min 1.56
max 3.74
sd 0.485
bio5. Primary biomass; (Table: 4.07); (Binford 2001:85)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 12331.983
min 27.48
max 59274.8
sd 13284.064
bar5. Biomass accumulation ratio; (Equation: 4.15); (Table:
4.07); (Binford 2001:85)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=325
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 17.882
min 0.56
max 72.09
sd 14.191
lbio5. Log 10 of bio5; (Binford 2001:85)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=174
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 3.77
min 1.44
max 4.77
sd 0.624
lexprey. (Log of) Secondary animal biomass; (Binford 2001:109)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=158
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.303
min 0.67
max 3.94
sd 0.54
subsp. Which food type (hunted, gathered, fished) provides
majority of nutritional intake; (Table: 5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
80 1 Hunting
142 2 Gathering
117 3 Aquatics
hunting. Percent dependence on terrestrial animals; (Table:
5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=48
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 33.119
min 0
max 90
sd 20.033
gatherin. Percent dependence on terrestrial plants; (Table:
5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=39
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 34.525
min 0.01
max 90.3
sd 24.888
fishing. Percent dependence on aquatic organisms ; (Table:
5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=60
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 32.391
min 0
max 95
sd 27.316
density. Population density (==tlpop/area); (Table: 5.01); (Binford
2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=302
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 24.586
min 0.25
max 308.7
sd 36.085
group1. Size of smallest group that regularly cooperates for
subsistence; smallest self-sufficient group; (Table: 5.01 & 8.01); (Binford
2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=227; Number of
unique values=78
Stat Value
nobs 227
mean 17.525
min 5.6
max 70
sd 9.76
group2. the mean size of the consumer group that regularly camps
together during the most aggregated phase of the yearly economic cycles;
(Table: 5.01 & 8.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=297; Number of
unique values=124
Stat Value
nobs 297
mean 74.908
min 19.5
max 650
sd 85.42
group3. The mean size of multigroup encampments that may
aggregate periodically, but not necessarily annually, for immediate
subsistence-related activities; (Table: 5.01 & 8.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=216; Number of
unique values=114
Stat Value
nobs 216
mean 209.342
min 42
max 1500
sd 182.688
area. Ethnographers' estimate of total land area occupied by the
group (100 sqkm); (Table: 5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=295
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 388.75
min 0.8
max 6600
sd 832.748
tlpop. Total number of persons to whom the ethnographic
description applies; (Table: 5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=249
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 1697.854
min 23
max 14582
sd 2356.97
nomov. Total number of annual moves in residence of a household
unit; (Table: 5.01 & 8.04); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=261; Number of
unique values=39
Stat Value
nobs 261
mean 9.695
min 0.1
max 58
sd 9.336
dismov. Total distance residence moved in a year (sum of all
moves); (Table: 5.01 & 8.04); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=236; Number of
unique values=110
Stat Value
nobs 236
mean 171.661
min 4
max 570
sd 143.703
grppat. Degree of mobility; (Table: 5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
235 1 Unrestricted mobility
104 2 Restricted mobility
kmov. Summed distance moved per year by average household
(kmov=dismov/.6214); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=261; Number of
unique values=111
Stat Value
nobs 261
mean 250.374
min 0.02
max 917.13
sd 234.411
vegnu. Classification by vegetation type ; (Table: 5.01);
(Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=24
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 15.327
min 1
max 27
sd 8.383
soil. Primary soil type characteristic of a group's range;
(Table: 5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=22
First six non-missing records:
society soil
Punan U
Batek H
Kubu U
Shompen O
Onge O
Jarwa O
lden. Log 10 of density; (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=191
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.944
min -0.6
max 2.49
sd 0.699
dspmov. Distance per move (dspmov=dismov/nomov); (Binford
2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=236; Number of
unique values=147
Stat Value
nobs 236
mean 16.275
min 2
max 45.545
sd 8.622
kspmov. Averge distance per move (kspmov=kmov/nomov); (Binford
2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=255; Number of
unique values=143
Stat Value
nobs 255
mean 24.614
min 0.16
max 73.28
sd 15.651
lkspmov. Log 10 of kspmov; (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=255; Number of
unique values=85
Stat Value
nobs 255
mean 1.243
min -0.79
max 1.87
sd 0.442
lkmov. Log 10 of kmov; (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=261; Number of
unique values=92
Stat Value
nobs 261
mean 1.932
min -1.79
max 2.96
sd 1.038
subpop. Subsistence beyond hunting, gathering, fishing; (Table:
5.01); (Binford 2001:117)
Class=character; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value
284 n
55 x
wsubpop. Subsistence beyond hunting, gathering, fishing;
(Binford 2001:117)
Class=character; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value
284 HGF only
55 suspect
pop. Natural log of tlpop; (Binford 2001:117)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=248
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 6.729
min 3.135
max 9.588
sd 1.252
mhs. Mean household size ; (Table: 8.08); (Binford 2001:147)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=232; Number of
unique values=184
Stat Value
nobs 232
mean 8.299
min 2.5
max 40
sd 6.169
setting. Drainage type for land area; (Table: 6.01); (Binford
2001:168)
Class=character; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value
86 Coastal
21 Lake
53 Pan or
internal drainage
179 Stream or
river
dposit. Position in drainage system (distance from territory to
headwaters of drainage system)/(length of drainage system) ; (Equation:
headwat/drain); (Binford 2001:168)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=83
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.429
min 0.01
max 1
sd 0.366
sucstab2. Modified successional stability (a measure of likelihood
of vegetation-clearing fires); (Binford 2001:171)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=229
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 10.909
min 0
max 78.71
sd 13.28
male.mm. Male height in millimeters; (Table: 6.03); (Binford
2001:183)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=151; Number of
unique values=96
Stat Value
nobs 151
mean 1633.733
min 1440
max 1754
sd 63.819
female.mm. Female height in millimeters; (Table: 6.03); (Binford
2001:183)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=113; Number of
unique values=79
Stat Value
nobs 113
mean 1525.145
min 1363
max 1640
sd 55.095
male.kg. Male weight in kilograms; (Table: 6.03); (Binford
2001:183)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=40; Number of
unique values=33
Stat Value
nobs 40
mean 56.28
min 39.8
max 71
sd 8.837
female.kg. Female weight in kilograms; (Table: 6.03); (Binford
2001:183)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=20; Number of
unique values=16
Stat Value
nobs 20
mean 45.893
min 34
max 64.3
sd 9.496
termh2. Number of persons per 100 sqkm who could be supported
from ungulate resources alone; (Equation: 6.13); (Binford 2001:187)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=329
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.79
min 0.008
max 10.906
sd 1.163
termg2. Number of persons per 100 sqkm who could be supported
from terrestrial plant foods alone; (Equation: 6.14); (Binford 2001:187)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=329; Number of
unique values=324
Stat Value
nobs 329
mean 1.082
min 0.001
max 6.112
sd 1.558
termd2. Population density (adjusted for body size) expected at
a particular location (persons per 100 sqkm); (Equation: 6.15); (Binford
2001:187)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=337
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 1.84
min 0.008
max 14.854
sd 2.443
subspx.aj. Dominant food source predicted by Binford's
Terrestrial Model; (Binford 2001:203)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=4
Freq Value
120 g
134 h
16 m
69 u
polyscal. Measure of scale for the demographic and spatial scope
of political organization.; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:252)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
56 1 Performance based leadership
168 2 Senior males provide an
advisory type of leadership
102 3 Formal or informal council of
advisors with recognized leader
13 4 Instituted leader who
presides over a council of near "peers"
mdivlab. Percentage of total diet derived from male labor;
(Binford 2001:280)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=333; Number of
unique values=105
Stat Value
nobs 333
mean 60.994
min 21.25
max 99.99
sd 17.249
agem. Average age of males at the time of their first marriage.;
(Table: 8.07); (Binford 2001:281)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=179; Number of
unique values=26
Stat Value
nobs 179
mean 20.82
min 12
max 35
sd 4.663
agef. Average age of females at the time of their first
marriage.; (Table: 8.07); (Binford 2001:281)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=205; Number of
unique values=26
Stat Value
nobs 205
mean 14.289
min 5
max 25
sd 2.577
agedif. The difference between mean age at first marriage of
husbands and wives. ; (Binford 2001:299)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=177; Number of
unique values=30
Stat Value
nobs 177
mean 6.503
min -1.5
max 26
sd 5.051
famsz. Mean family size (total group size divided by number of
married men); (Table: 8.08); (Binford 2001:286)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=136; Number of
unique values=102
Stat Value
nobs 136
mean 4.591
min 3
max 8
sd 1.094
hhtype. Household type; (Table: 8.08); (Binford 2001: 297)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=116;
Number of unique values=27
First six non-missing records:
society hhtype
Punan (Fn)
Batek (Fn)
Kubu (Murdock
Res)
Shompen (N)
Onge (M)
Jarwa M
forcol. Code for forager-collector distinction; (Binford
2001:304)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
191 1 forager
1 1.5 mixed
147 2 collector
class. Type of social class distinction; (Table: 9.01); (Binford
2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
224 1 Absence
87 2 Wealth distinctions only
28 3 Dual stratification into a
hereditary aristocracy and a class of ordinary people
money. Codes the presence or absence of the use of money within
the society; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of unique
values=4
Freq Value Description
246 1 Absent
32 2 Rarely used
25 3 Commonly used
36 4 Many convertible items
occspe. Occupational specialties reported which are not tied to
the sexual division of labor or tendencies for role differences.; (Table:
9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
260 1 Absent
39 2 Few (1-3)
28 3 Moderate (4-7)
12 4 Many (equal to or greater
than 8)
commun. Community organization. The prevalence of local
endogamy, agamy, & exogamy coded together with the presence or absence of
localized kin groups. Can be interpreted as ordinal measure of endogamy;
(Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=335; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
76 1 Exogamous
122 2 Exogamous clan
47 3 Agamous
37 4 Endogamous Demed
53 5 Endogamous segmented
4 NA NA
comstfun. The functions and properties of structures with
specific community-wide functions. These are not residences, nor are they
multifunctional residences.; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=7
Freq Value Description
237 1 No permanent community
structures
36 2 Rituals and ceremmonies held
in host's residence
21 3 Sweat lodge
24 4 Dance house
13 5 Dance house or men's house,
and sweat house
7 6 Functionally specific
community house
1 7 Complex of community
structures present
famhous. Average number of families per household (==mhs/famsz);
(Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=112; Number of
unique values=87
Stat Value
nobs 112
mean 1.837
min 0
max 9.01
sd 1.539
g2mhs. Number of households per group2 (==group2/mhs); (Table:
9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=218; Number of
unique values=192
Stat Value
nobs 218
mean 10.437
min 0.81
max 58.63
sd 9.607
prevalue. Variable is in Table 9.01. Unknown meaning.; (Table:
9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=218; Number of
unique values=148
Stat Value
nobs 218
mean 8.306
min 3.638
max 40.334
sd 4.82
mhsset. Classification by values of mhs and hougrp2. Initial
version. (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=219; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value
6 1
85 2
24 3
41 4
63 5
120 NA
mhset2. Mean Household Size Set: the classification of the
relationship between mhs and hougrp2; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=218; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value
64 1
8 2
86 3
21 4
39 5
121 NA
predg2mh. Unknown meaning.; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=211; Number of
unique values=141
Stat Value
nobs 211
mean 7.613
min 3.64
max 40.64
sd 4.808
g2famsz. Number of families per group2 (==group2/famsz); (Table:
9.01); (Binford 2001:320)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=120; Number of
unique values=114
Stat Value
nobs 120
mean 12.403
min 3.14
max 52.8
sd 8.886
polyg. Presence of polygyny, with some additional values added
to those found in table; (Table: 8.07); (Binford 2001:281)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=211; Number of
unique values=52
Stat Value
nobs 211
mean 13.872
min 0.1
max 57
sd 12.339
polygrecod. Presence of polygyny (polyg) recoded by Doug White
to distinguish monogamy from missing values; (Table: 8.07); (Binford 2001:281)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=221; Number of
unique values=53
Stat Value
nobs 221
mean 13.231
min 0
max 57
sd 12.41
wx.polygny. Presence of polygyny, as-is from table; (Table:
8.07); (Binford 2001:281)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=191; Number of
unique values=57
Stat Value
nobs 191
mean 13.687
min 0
max 57
sd 13.03
g1famsz. Number of families per group1 (==group1/famsz);
(Equation: group1/famsz); (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:333)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=110; Number of
unique values=100
Stat Value
nobs 110
mean 3.794
min 1.23
max 8.21
sd 1.493
g1mhs. Number of households per group1 (==group1/mhs);
(Equation: group1/mhs); (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:333)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=174; Number of
unique values=146
Stat Value
nobs 174
mean 2.981
min 0.27
max 9.55
sd 1.753
g2g1. Number of group1 units in a group2 unit; (Equation:
group2/group1); (Binford 2001:336)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=217; Number of
unique values=136
Stat Value
nobs 217
mean 3.366
min 1.36
max 22.07
sd 1.969
g2mhset2. Classification based on relationship between mhs and
group2; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:337)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=219; Number
of unique values=8
Freq Value Description
42 1 mhs is extended family,
group2<50
34 2 mhs variable but large,
group2<=50
22 3 mhs varies positively with
group2, with large communal houses and small group2
52 4 mhs varies linearly with
group2, with both extended families and communal houses
33 5 mhs is extended family,
group2 is variable
29 6 mhs slightly above 7, group2
much more variable
6 7 mhs is small, group2 large
and variable
1 9 missing
120 NA NA
perogat. The social and economic prerogatives which accompany
the leadership role.; (Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:338)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=337; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
187 1 No special prerogatives
60 2 No relief from
subsistence,but messengers as assistants
45 3 No relief from subsistence,
but minor dress prerogatives,and messengers and speaker as assistants
34 4 Some relief from subsistence
(contributions of goods and labor), dress prerogatives, assistants, and role
for leaders wife
11 5 Complete relief from
subsistence, distinctive clothing, many assistants, special marriage rules
2 NA NA
g2mhset3. Simplified version of g2mhset2; (Table: 9.01); (Binford
2001:340)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=217; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
90 1 group2 small
54 2 mhs varies linearly with
group 2
65 3 mhs small, group 2 variable
8 4 other
122 NA NA
polpos. Code refers to the political and economic position of
the group relative to other groups in the region; (Table: 9.01); (Binford
2001:345)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
244 1 Mutualistic or patron-client
relationship with people who live very different type of lives
35 2 Articulated with groups
unlike themselves, but this appears to be done in self-interested way
60 3 Articulated to politically
and socially more complex groups
g2basord. Basal unit size for group2 --ordinal classification;
(Table: 9.01); (Binford 2001:348)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=291; Number of
unique values=13
Freq Value
12 2
47 3
60 4
48 5
44 6
1 6.2
21 7
19 8
10 9
10 10
8 11
6 12
5 13
48 NA
nicheffg. Ratio of niche effectiveness (density compared to
predicted) in exploitation of terrestrial plant resources; (Equation: 10.02);
(Binford 2001:373)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=290
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 46.069
min 0
max 3876.18
sd 243.413
nicheffh. Ratio of niche effectiveness (density compared to
predicted) in exploitation of terrestrial animal resources; (Equation: 10.03);
(Binford 2001:373)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=311
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 16.616
min 0
max 548.65
sd 37.558
nicheff. Ratio of niche effectiveness (density compared to
predicted); (Equation: 10.01); (Binford 2001:373)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 39.174
min 0.144
max 459.524
sd 69.356
packinx. Density rescaled to fit population packing concept:
packinx=density/9.098; (Binford 2001:374)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=227
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 2.703
min 0.03
max 33.93
sd 3.966
lpackinx. Log 10 of packinx; (Binford 2001:375)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=191
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean -0.015
min -1.56
max 1.53
sd 0.699
packord. Ordinal measure for packing. The packing threshold is
the value of population density at which there is one minimal group per
foraging radius (20.47 persons/225 sq km = 9.1 persons), thus indicating a
density value at which there is no longer unoccupied space into which mobile
hunter-gatherers could move; (Binford 2001:375)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value
23 1
137 2
132 3
47 4
packing. Binary variable for population packing
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
161 1 unpacked
178 2 packed
systate3recod. Recode of systate3; (Binford 2001:375)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=7
Freq Value
20 2
28 3
134 4
21 5
81 6
28 7
27 8
systate3. Classification of foragers: system's state; (Table:
9.01); (Binford 2001:375)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=338; Number
of unique values=7
Freq Value Description
28 1 mounted hunters
19 2 horticulturally augmented
cases
26 3 mutualists and forest
products specialists
135 4 generic hunter-gatherers
25 5 generic hunter-gatherers with
instituted leadership
79 6 wealth-differentiated
hunter-gatherers
26 7 stratified or characterized
by elite and priviliged leaders
1 NA NA
leader. Predominant type of leadership; (Binford 2001:388)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=2
Freq Value Description
174 1 leadership embedded in roles
of older persons, based on knowledge and good advice
165 2 leaders are visible,
recognized by all, have followers, and judged on performance
store. Dependence upon storage; (Binford 2001:388)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=337; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
110 1 Not present
10 2 Special event storage only
217 3 Stored for use during
seasonal and/or other low productivity phases of year
2 NA NA
subsp.1. Primary source of food (character version of subsp);
(Binford 2001:388)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=3
Freq Value
117 Aquatics
142 Gathering
80 Hunting
qtstor. Quantity of food stored ; (Binford 2001:389)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=337; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
113 1 Minor
32 2 Moderate
153 3 Major
39 4 Massive
2 NA NA
subdiv2. Subsistence diversity; (Equation:
100-stddev("hunting","gatherin","fishing") );
(Binford 2001:403,fn2)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=92
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 72.343
min 46.55
max 94.23
sd 10.78
sudivord. Ordinal simplification (5 categories) of subdiv2.;
(Binford 2001:404)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
11 1 46.55 <=subdiv2<= 50.68
37 2 50.76 <=subdiv2<= 60.05
118 3 61.81 <=subdiv2<= 72.21
108 4 72.46 <=subdiv2<= 82.44
65 5 83.2 <=subdiv2<= 94.23
huntfil2. Identifies mounted hunters. A binary variable produced
from systate3; (Binford 2001:417)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
311 1 all others
28 2 mounted hunters
owners. Ownership of resource locations ; (Table: 9.01);
(Binford 2001:426)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
166 1 None reported
63 2 Local groups claims exclusive
rights over resource locations, residential sites and home range
81 3 Local group claims hunting
areas, dominant animals, fishing sites and animal drive locations
29 4 Elite ownership of land and
resources
intcon. Frequency of internal conflict.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=327; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
65 1 Frequent
195 2 Moderate
67 3 Rare to absent
12 NA NA
intres. The means culturally available for resolving conflict
and/or deducing punishments, if any, within GP2.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=324; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
145 1 No institutionalized method
98 2 Ad hoc adjudicational body
39 3 Negotiated solutions
42 4 Publicly witnessed and
conventional ways of resolving issues
15 NA NA
gpgpcon. Scale of inter-group violence which is conducted with
groups beyond the definition of GP2 and/or GP3
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=333; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
73 1 None reported
132 2 Revenge raiding
101 3 Accelerative raiding
27 4 Accelerative conflicts of
annihilation
6 NA NA
gpgpres. The means available for resolving conflicts between
groups as coded in GPGPCON.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=337; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
142 1 No public method for
punishment
113 2 Peace is negotiated for each
conflict
34 3 Negotiations normally result
in payment
48 4 Negotiated settlements
normally involve public duels
2 NA NA
war1. Scale of intensity of warfare. How frequent and how
widespread it may be regionally.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
169 1 No organized competition
91 2 Conflict is continually
present on an on-again/off-again basis
61 3 Conflict is more common than
in (2) and there are unprovoked attacks on intruders
11 4 Conflict is common in the
region, but it may flare up to major proportions periodically
7 5 All properties of (4) and
conflict is sustained and results in long term expansion of groups
conpos. The posture of the particular group relative to the
intensity of warfare within the region as coded in WAR.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=336; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
125 1 Generally defensive through
avoidance rather than active defense
157 2 Tit-for-tat
54 3 Generally aggressive
3 NA NA
enemy. The treatment of the bodies of those killed in
group-group conflicts.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=315; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
177 1 No post-mortem mutilation
63 2 Minor trophies taken
52 3 Substantially mutilated and
body parts may be eaten
23 4 Trophies taken
24 NA NA
prison. Codes the treatment of prisoners upon return to the
"home" group
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=316; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
181 1 No prisoners
63 2 Prisoners taken, generally
women and children
72 3 Prisoners regularly taken
23 NA NA
slave. Status of slaves in the society.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
278 1 No slaves
32 2 Debt slaves or other
non-hereditary slaves
29 3 Hereditary slavery
warlead. Manner of choosing a leader in group-group conflict
situations.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=331; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
14 1 No such role
252 2 Result of individual
commitment
65 3 Confirmed by a council
8 NA NA
deadav. The presence/absence of taboos against speaking the name
of the deceased after death.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=299; Number of unique
values=3
Freq Value Description
156 1 No taboo
60 2 Short duration taboo
83 3 Permanent taboo
40 NA NA
death. Codes the response to death as regards housing and the
use of the camp
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=295; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
143 1 Camp and house abandoned
57 2 House destroyed but camp
maintained
95 3 Camp and house maintained
44 NA NA
discomp. The disposal event sequence regarding only the
treatment of the corpse.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=292; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
222 1 Single step disposal
62 2 Two step disposal
7 3 Three step disposal
1 4 Four step disposal
47 NA NA
discomp2. The number of major steps relating to the disposal of
the corpse
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=303; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
231 1 Single step disposal
72 2 Multi step disposal
36 NA NA
disloc. Codes the location of the final step in the disposal
sequence.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=296; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
168 1 Location unique to individual
43 2 Conventionally used
"family" location
85 3 conventional area used by
supra-family units
43 NA NA
bodyt. The state of the skeletal remains on final disposal.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=311; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
256 1 Complete body
28 2 Disarticulated skeleton
27 3 Dismembered body parts
28 NA NA
dispc. This code has reference to the mode of disposal for all
persons or persons in the prime of life only. There may be alternative modes of
disposal for the very young, aged, or for special conditions of death. This has
primary reference to the situation of the decay of the body or the use of soft
parts
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=318; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
162 1 Exposure of the body on the
surface
43 2 Burial in the ground
50 3 Cremation of the body
6 4 Platform or tree disposal
14 5 Body decays or is destroyed
in a constructed facility
43 6 Body is dismembered,
eviscerated or artificially dried and flayed
21 NA NA
disdiff. Differences in body disposal modes across persons
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=323; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
99 1 Single disposal mode
129 2 Situation and cause of death
46 3 Maturational status
49 4 Social status
16 NA NA
dritual. The sequential complexity of mortuary rituals regularly
performed after a death.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=293; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
53 1 No ritual
131 2 Single formal or ritualized
socially organized event
109 3 Multiple ritual events which
are socially organized
46 NA NA
ritscal. The scale of non-immediate family involvement in the
mortuary rituals.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=298; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
30 1 Immediate family
147 2 Residential community
90 3 Local group and maybe
non-local kin
31 4 Regional scale of attendance
or components of a large community
41 NA NA
ritfocus. The goals of the mortuary ritual or its ideological
tone.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=258; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
165 1 Dead person
37 2 Purification of the living
56 3 Honoring the contributions of
the living to the ritual event
81 NA NA
caudeath. The emic beliefs regarding the causes of death insofar
as they are related to aspects of mortuary behavior. Can be interpreted as
ordinal measure of the degree to which death is considered emically
"unnatural".
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=294; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
93 1 Death is natural
75 2 Cause of death is not
something to respond to
83 3 Unnatural for persons in the
prime of life to die
43 4 Considered unnatural to die
45 NA NA
divmor. Role and importance of divination in mortuary ritual.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=288; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
228 1 Divination is not part of
mortuary ritual
31 2 Divination may be performed
but not "built in"
29 3 Divination is essential part
51 NA NA
usebody. The use of body parts from the deceased during the
mortuary rituals.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=299; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
233 1 No use of body parts
25 2 Small bones
11 3 Slaves or
"contributed" persons may be killed
10 4 Corpse and/or parts thereof
eaten
20 5 Removed and used in
divination
40 NA NA
gcont. The treatment of the durable goods which were brought for
the use during the mortuary rituals. Contributed goods are not the goods of the
deceased.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=299; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
230 1 None reported
27 2 All contributed goods
destroyed
42 3 All contributed goods
distributed to participants
40 NA NA
gdist. The treatment of the majority of the durable items which
could be considered as associated with or "owned" by the deceased.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=293; Number
of unique values=2
Freq Value Description
245 1 Abandoned and/or destroyed
48 2 Distributed
46 NA NA
gfur. The placement of personalities with the corpse in its
final resting place.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=291; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
22 1 No personalities
63 2 Single or minimal numbers of
items
206 3 Both personalities and
sometimes contributed goods
48 NA NA
revres. The organization of revenge activity which is generally
conducted during the mourning period of the mortuary rites.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=251; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
196 1 No sorcery-related revenge
activity
33 2 Revenge is discussed but
generally non-violent resolution
22 3 Family, sodality or community
organize revenge killing or controlled combat
88 NA NA
intform. Form of integration.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=2
Freq Value Description
221 1 Cellular segmentation
118 2 Cross-cutting network
headm. The patterns of succession of acknowledged leaders in the
maximal politically integrated unit represented by the case.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
64 1 Absence
169 2 Non-hereditary succession to
an acknowledged leadership role
106 3 Non-hereditary succession
through influence
shaman. Codes the presence and scale of shaman's rituals as a
social and organized event beyond their functioning as curers, healers, etc. at
the personal or family level. This also excludes rituals conducted only for
shamans that may qualify as secret societies
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=313; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
120 1 Role is not restricted
122 2 Rare
49 3 All leaders are shaman
22 4 Shaman are politically
powerful in their own right
26 NA NA
indtrd. The organization of individual to individual trade in
manufactured goods or raw materials across local group boundaries.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=317; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
68 1 Absent
147 2 Patron-client relationships
or market trading
24 3 Embedded in other activities
52 4 Individually arranged
17 5 Conventionally organized
9 6 Family initiated
22 NA NA
indtfo. The presence and form of exchanges where FOOD is one of
the materials involved in exchanges across local group boundaries.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=287; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
119 1 Absent
130 2 Initiated by person seeking
to trade with goods and/or money
17 3 Ritualized balanced direct
exchange
21 4 Ritualized delayed balanced
exchange
52 NA NA
grptrd. The way of organizing group to group trade and exchange
within a regio
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=296; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
21 1 Does not occur as such
242 2 Trade and exchange embedded
in other activities and relationships exclusively
18 3 Organized trade fairs or
special trade events
12 4 Specialized regional traders
utilized as group representatives to other groups
3 5 Group acts as regional focus
of trade, others regularly come to exchange for surplus food (commonly
available)
43 NA NA
orgfair. Manner of organization of trade fairs or special trade
events in which food is the primary commodity that is desired in exchange.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=311; Number
of unique values=7
Freq Value Description
217 1 Absent
11 2 Initiated by persons seeking
to trade with goods or money to obtain food
2 3 Ritualized balanced direct
exchange
45 4 Ritualized delayed balanced
exchange
8 5 2 & 3
20 6 2 & 4
8 7 All forms
28 NA NA
excorg. The characteristic exchange relationships between host
unit and guest unit in intercommunity events when goods are supplied to guests,
the group tabulated is the host and it is an event where exchange is a
conventionally included part of the activities.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=291; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
97 1 Absent
63 2 Host supplies guests with
items and guests reply with items
73 3 Exchange is food for food
26 4 Host supplies food, guests
supply goods
20 5 Delayed reciprocity
12 6 Corporate or local group
supported give-away events
48 NA NA
spacing. A normative estimate of the distance between houses in
the settlement.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=163; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
84 1 Tight spacing (2-8 m)
49 2 Moderate Spacing (9-20 m)
30 3 Wide spacing (21-80 m)
176 NA NA
housex. The sexual division of labor in the construction of
houses. Does not address the procurement of materials, only construction of the
highest investment houses.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
88 1 Females alone
50 2 Both sexes, but females more
59 3 Equal participation
32 4 Both sexes, but males more
110 5 Males alone
kincon. The basic convention for identifying kin for an
unmarried child.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=2
Freq Value Description
317 1 Both from mother and father
22 2 Either from mother or father
but not both
kinstr. The basic structure as used of the kinship conventions.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
139 1 Ramifying structure
96 2 Balanced dimensional
structure
79 3 Imbalanced dimensional
structure
21 4 Truncated structure
4 5 Ambilateral structure
kinbia1. Records the bias in the kinship structure as regards
the side which is extended more or keyed upon cognitively for discussing
exogamy
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
223 1 No bias
78 2 Patrifilial bias
38 3 Matrifilial bias
augment. Codes the ways of augmenting the kinspersons of an
individual that are not done through birth or marriage
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=285; Number
of unique values=9
Freq Value Description
182 1 Absent
10 2 Sexual intercourse
17 3 Adoption
20 4 Name relationship
18 5 Cognitive elaboration of
birth
10 6 Special friend partnership
3 7 Initiation cohort
10 8 Augmentation by 2 of above
means
15 9 Augmentation by 3 or more of
above means
54 NA NA
augmen2. The number of strategies used to augment kinship [in
HGKIN printouts from 9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=333; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
206 1 no augmentation strategies
95 2 1-2 augmentation strategies
32 3 2 or more augmentation
strategies
6 NA NA
kinscale. Unknown meaning.
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=10
Freq Value
46 0
124 1
12 2
5 3
19 4
18 5
57 6
32 7
13 8
13 10
sodal. Sodalities: collapsed version of adjun [in HGKIN
printouts from 9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=328; Number of
unique values=6
Freq Value Description
203 1 Absent
17 2 Higher order sodalities
27 3 Moieties
49 4 Phratries
22 5 Achieved Associations
10 6 Ranked
11 NA NA
kinder. Kinship derived units are classes of kinspersons that
are identifiable as higher order classes which are consistent with the
cognitive conventions of the kinship system
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
179 1 Absent
149 2 Kindreds or sibs
11 3 Clans or desent-sets
kinbia2. Codes the bias in the (KINDER) variable as regards the
filiation of persons in kindreds, sibs, clans, etc
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
178 1 Bias absent
123 2 Patrifilial bias
38 3 Matrifilial bias
elabor. Codes for cognitive elaborations or more general classes
which are derivable from the underlying system of kin cognition. Most of the
time these elaborations serve no organizational function beyond providing rules
of thumb for discussing exogamy and using these general categories for placing
"strangers" into the web of kinship of the speaker. The coding of cases
here implies no additional functions for these units beyond those discussed
here.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=322; Number
of unique values=9
Freq Value Description
259 1 Absent
6 2 Unnamed two section system
17 3 Phratri-moieties
12 4 Matri-moieties
5 5 Patri-phratries
4 6 Matri-phratries
1 7 Patri-phratries and moieties
12 8 Four section system
6 11 Eight sections
17 NA NA
elabor2. The situation where elaborations are given social
functions beyond those listed above such that they imply more than marriage
arrangements, etc. [in HGKIN printouts from 9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes
re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=321; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
264 1 Absent
3 2 Land biased sibs-kindred like
units
7 3 Exogamy only
47 4 Reciprocal ritual functions
in mortuary rites
18 NA NA
elabor3. Revised version of elabor2 [in HGKIN printouts from
9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=321; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
259 1 Absent [=1]
41 2 Moieties [=3,4,8,9,10]
9 3 Phratries [=5,6,7]
12 4 Sections [= 2,11]
18 NA NA
elabor4. Revised version of elabor3 [in HGKIN printouts from
9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=321; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
259 1 Absent
43 2 One form
19 3 Multiple forms
18 NA NA
diffocus. Codes the domain within which the elaborations and
adjunct differentiations primarily function. Whether they contribute primarily
to the internal complexity of the system or whether they provide the
organizational basis for relating to and interacting in an expansive manner
with adjacent groups is the focus of this code
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=323; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
205 1 None
80 2 Present, primarily integrate
and differentiate internal organization
23 3 Present, integrate and differentiate
internal organization and articulation with outside groups
15 4 Present, play little role in
internal organization but directly facilitate articulation with other groups
16 NA NA
adjun. Codes the presence of organizational features which are
discussed cognitively in kinship terms or refer to behaviors normally
conventionalized by kinship but which are not derivable from the underlying
properties of the kinship cognition itself
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=325; Number
of unique values=11
Freq Value Description
250 1 Absent
27 2 Moieties
10 3 Affinal phratries
11 4 Secondary units
5 5 Moieties unrelated to exogamy
1 6 Both 3 and 5
3 7 Honor societies
8 8 Crests
1 9 Moieties like male and female
exchange feasts
7 10 Social associations
2 11 Clans or sections
14 NA NA
adjun2. Number of forms of adjunct kin [in HGKIN printouts from
9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=336; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
256 1 Absent
33 2 Moieties
14 3 Phratries
33 4 Other
3 NA NA
adjun3. Types of adjunct kin strategy [in HGKIN printouts from
9/25/94 with LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=324; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
249 1 Absent
74 2 One form
1 3 Multiple forms
15 NA NA
adjun4. Collapse of adjun [in HGKIN printouts from 9/25/94 with
LRB handwritten notes re recoding]
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=334; Number of
unique values=6
Freq Value Description
255 1 Absent
29 2 Moieties
22 3 Phratries
10 4 Ascribed Kin Units
10 5 Units of none
8 6 Ranked
5 NA NA
kinexo. Codes the limitation of kin extension characteristic of
the society. The code scales the lateral extension of the exogamic practice in
the group
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
69 1 Marriages regularly with
distant second cousins or persons related more distantly than third cousins
111 2 Marriages not permitted with
second cousins, but with those more distant
95 3 Marriages forbidden with
first cousins but second cousins may marry
64 4 Marriages forbidden with some
first cousins but not other first cousins
dkinex. The situation where there are marked differences in the
exogamic practices of the leaders and/or elite and the general population in
the patterns of exogamic extension or restriction.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
267 1 Absence
12 2 Restricted dual scales of
exogamy
60 3 Expanded dual scales of
exogamy
nenept. The kinship terminology for parallel nephews and nieces.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
75 1 Equated to offspring by sex
104 2 Equated in part to offspring
160 3 Not equated to offspring
nenext. The kinship terminology for cross nephews and nieces
when they are distinguished from parallel nephews and nieces.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=338; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
73 1 Cross nephew, cross niece
85 2 Cross nephew-niece
53 3 Male cross nephew-niece,
female cross nephew-niece
127 4 Other
1 NA NA
kinterm2. The type of terminology used for first cousins.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=314; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
30 1 Hawaiian cousin terms
123 2 Eskimo cousin terms
126 3 Iroquois cousin terms
35 4 Intergenerationally merging
terminology
25 NA NA
aunt. Kin terminology employed for aunts.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=313; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
59 1 Lineal terms
8 2 Generation terms
87 3 Bifurcate merging
159 4 Bifurcate collateral
26 NA NA
gpaterm. Kin terms for grandparents.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=252; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
23 1 Separate terms for FaFa,
FaMo, MoFa, MoMo
116 2 FaPa, MoFa, MoMo
6 3 Grandfather, FaMo, MoMo
102 4 FaPa, MoPa, or grandfather,
grandmother
5 5 Grandparent
87 NA NA
ggpater. Kin terms for great grandparents.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=322; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
143 1 Equated to grandparents
146 2 Denoted by 1 or 2 special
terms
30 3 Uses sibling terms
3 4 Equated to parents
17 NA NA
agecom. The average difference between males and females at the
time of initial marriage of each (i.e., this is not the age difference between
the marriage partners).
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=332; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
205 1 < 5 years
78 2 5-10 years
40 3 10-15 years
9 4 >15 years
7 NA NA
res1. This code has reference to the immediately post-marital
residence of the married couple
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=334; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
42 1 Ambilocal
123 2 Ambilocal, but with
uxorilocal bias
27 3 Uxorilocal residence
88 4 Ambilocal, but with virilocal
bias
54 5 Virilocal residence
5 NA NA
fres1. The residential association of the married couple after
birth of children when they are an established family.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=310; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
57 1 Ambilocal
47 2 Uxorilocal
206 3 Virilocal
29 NA NA
fres2. The residential association of the married couple after
the birth of their first child when they are established as a family. This
complements the initial residence code.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=310; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
57 1 Ambilocal
5 2 Ambilocal, but with
uxorilocal bias
65 3 Uxorilocal
42 4 Ambilocal, but with virilocal
bias
141 5 Virilocal
29 NA NA
levira. The presence or absence of the passing of wives of a
deceased male to close male relatives of the deceased. Binary variable.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=275; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
51 1 Absent
224 2 Present
64 NA NA
sorora. The presence or absence of simultaneous sororal
polygyny. Binary variable.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=262; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
73 1 Absent
189 2 Present
77 NA NA
minlaw. The presence or absence of behavioral mother-in-law
avoidance and other restrictions on behavior. Binary variable.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=332; Number of
unique values=2
Freq Value Description
161 1 Absent
171 2 Present
7 NA NA
kinmar. The form of the exogamic practices/ preferences.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=330; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
154 1 Nonlateral marriage
83 2 Second cousing or greater
lateral marriage
38 3 Asymmetrical lateral marriage
55 4 Symmetrical lateral marriage
9 NA NA
marsel. The manner in which marriages are negotiated and
arranged within the society.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=334; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
65 1 Child betrothal
76 2 Courting is common
88 3 Parental support required or
arranged marriages
105 4 Strictly arranged
5 NA NA
marrycer. The scale of investment in marriage ceremonies both in
terms of the scale of participation and the goods and labor involved.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=334; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
192 1 No real ceremony
96 2 Minimal performance ceremony
33 3 Extended series of ritualized
events
13 4 Broad public presence and
participation in marriage ceremony
5 NA NA
polygn. Codes on an ordinal scale an estimate of the percentage
of males married multiple wives
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=325; Number of
unique values=7
Freq Value Description
14 1 Absent
127 2 Between 1-6%
67 3 Between 7-12%
45 4 Between 13-18%
49 5 Between 19-30%
12 6 Between 31-42%
11 7 Greater than 42%
14 NA NA
mardir. This code scales the relative balance of the flow of
goods and services in marriage arrangements. This code does not scale the
absolute quantity of goods and services, only the relative imbalance in terms
of the standards of the community itself.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=323; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
161 1 Balanced exchange
38 2 Minor imbalance in favor of
the bride's family
121 3 Moderate imbalance in favor
of the bride's family
3 4 Major imbalance in favor of
bride's family
16 NA NA
marprop. The investments in property exchanges made by the
kinsmen of the prospective bride and groom.?
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=322; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
173 1 No property of real goods
investment
25 2 Minimal property or real
goods investment
117 3 Moderate amount of goods and
property
7 4 Large quantities of goods and
property
17 NA NA
marinv. The types of investment made in marriages.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=322; Number
of unique values=3
Freq Value Description
108 1 No labor or property
65 2 Labor
149 3 Property
17 NA NA
divorce. Codes the difficulty of obtaining a sanctioned divorce
within the society.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
86 1 Not permitted or very
difficult
72 2 Publically adjudicated
181 3 Easy to obtain
boyseg38. Codes the segregation of adolescent boys prior to
initiation or at the time of puberty
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=317; Number of
unique values=3
Freq Value Description
193 1 Absence of segregation
59 2 Partial segregation
65 3 Total segregation
22 NA NA
initm. Scale and elaborateness of male puberty rituals.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=317; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
152 1 None
67 2 Minor ritual acknowledgement
47 3 Single step initiations
36 4 Multi-step series of graded
maturational initiations
15 6 Differentiated and multiple
initiation possibilites for young men
22 NA NA
initexm. The degree of exclusiveness of the male centered
rituals. (Do women observe or participate?)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=300; Number of
unique values=5
Freq Value Description
154 1 Not germane
57 2 Both males and females may
observe and participate in the ritual
13 3 Females may observe some
rites but do not participate
31 4 Females may perform important
roles in the initiation event
45 5 Females excluded from all
aspects of initiation rites
39 NA NA
initf. The scale and social investments in female puberty rites.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=313; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
62 1 None
67 2 Simple maturational
recognition only
119 3 Seclusion, taboos and
constraints on socializing
64 4 Local group or kin-sodality
sponsored event with celebration
1 5 Family sponsored inviting-in
feast
26 NA NA
dom1. The collapsed classes of rituals as outlined in sections
a-f above for the dominant ritual.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=312; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
40 1 Secular rituals (1-2)
18 2 Maturational history rituals
(3-6)
83 3 Rituals with focus on the
individual (7)
120 4 Announcement of social status
(8-13)
22 5 Focused on group (14-17)
29 6 Relationship between people
and forces of nature/supernatural (18-24)
27 NA NA
dom2. The collapsed classes of rituals as outlined in sections
a-f above for the second-most dominant ritual.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=302; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
21 1 Secular rituals (1-2)
5 2 Maturational history rituals
(3-6)
90 3 Rituals with focus on the
individual (7)
137 4 Announcement of social status
(8-13)
36 5 Focused on group (14-17)
13 6 Relationship between people
and forces of nature/supernatural (18-24)
37 NA NA
hunt. Degree to which males conduct hunting, relative to
females.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=6
Freq Value
6 0
1 2
1 3
69 4
261 5
1 6
gath. Degree to which males conduct gathering, relative to
females.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of unique
values=6
Freq Value
6 0
158 1
152 2
9 3
3 4
11 6
fish. Degree to which males conduct fishing, relative to
females.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=7
Freq Value
6 0
8 1
15 2
108 3
124 4
30 5
48 6
house80. House shape: Codes the shape of the ground plan of the
most common type of shelter.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
10 1 Semicircular
206 2 Circular
18 3 Elliptical or elongated with
rounded ends
104 4 Rectangular or square
1 5 Polygonal
house81. Codes the character of the floor level within the house
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
80 1 Subterranean or
semi-subterranean, ignoring storage facilities
247 2 Floor formed by or level with
ground
10 3 Elevated slightly above the
ground on raised platform
2 4 Raised substantially above
ground
house82. Codes the character of the wall material used in
constructing the house
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
15 1 Open walls
246 2 Walls indistinguishable from
roof
13 3 Grass, leaves, bark or thatch
10 4 Processed or manufactured
materials (locally made)
46 5 Wood
9 6 Stone and/or earth
house83. Codes the shape of the roof or of walls and roof when
the former are not distinct
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
20 1 Shed type with one slope
98 2 Beehive shaped with peak
(conical forms)
131 3 Dome shapes,
semi-hemispherical and hemispherical forms
7 4 Flat or horizontal
83 5 Gabled or hipped
house84. Codes the material used in roofing for the dominant
house form
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=6
Freq Value Description
159 1 Grass, leaves or thatch
35 2 Bark
9 3 Ice and Snow
55 4 Manufactured or processed
materials
36 5 Wood
45 6 Earth or sod
house85. Codes the shape of the ground plan of the most common
type of shelter
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=243; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
95 1 Semicircular
80 2 Circular
7 3 Elliptical or elongated with
rounded ends
60 4 Rectangular or square
1 5 Polygonal
96 NA NA
house86. Codes the character of the floor level within the
shelter
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=241; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
20 1 Subterranean or
semi-subterranean, ignoring storage facilities
218 2 Floor formed by or level with
ground
2 3 Elevated slightly above the
ground on raised platform
1 4 Raised substantially above
ground
98 NA NA
house87. Codes the character of the wall material used in
constructing the shelter
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=242; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
49 1 Open walls
167 2 Walls indistinguishable from
roof
11 3 Grass, leaves, bark or thatch
7 4 Processed or manufactured
materials (locally made)
8 5 Wood
97 NA NA
house88. Codes the shape of the shelters roof or of walls and
roof when the former are not distinct
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=242; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
92 1 Shed type with one slope
72 2 Beehive shaped with peak
(conical forms)
36 3 Dome shapes,
semi-hemispherical and hemispherical forms
13 4 Flat or horizontal
29 5 Gabled or hipped
97 NA NA
house89. Codes the material used in roofing for the dominant
shelter form
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=244; Number
of unique values=5
Freq Value Description
141 1 Grass, leaves or thatch
37 2 Bark
50 4 Manufactured or processed
materials
8 5 Wood
8 6 Earth or sod
95 NA NA
sed. Degree of sedentism
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
77 1 Fully nomadic
135 2 Semi-nomadic
103 3 Semi-sedentary
24 4 Seasonal permanence
mobpat. Codes the mobility-group organizations of the
subsistence-settlement pattern
Class=numeric; Type=unknown; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=6
Freq Value Description
137 1 Generalized collecting
12 2 Foraging
43 3 Tethered Foraging
94 4 Differentiated Collecting
48 5 Central Place Collecting
5 6 Central Place Foraging
mobp2. Routed foraging where the group feeds between target
locations that are annually visited for purposes of obtaining raw materials to
maintain technology.
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=4
Freq Value Description
137 1 Routed foraging
50 2 General foraging
55 3 Central place foraging
97 4 Teathered foraging
noantrap. The number of (types of) animal traps documented for
the group.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=41; Number of
unique values=17
Stat Value
nobs 41
mean 8.22
min 0
max 27
sd 5.659
noantrapgrp. Ordinal simplification of noantrap
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=41; Number of
unique values=4
Freq Value Description
5 1 number of traps<=2
12 2 3<=number of traps<=5
12 3 6<=number of traps<=10
12 4 11<=number of traps<=27
298 NA NA
sz1fam. Size of a single family dwelling [size is reported as
the diameter (m) of a circle with area equal to the area of the dwelling]
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=143; Number of
unique values=104
Stat Value
nobs 143
mean 2.906
min 1.18
max 4.57
sd 0.786
szjoint. Size of a joint family dwelling [size reported as
diameter (m) of a circle with area equal to the area of the dwelling]
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=104; Number of
unique values=80
Stat Value
nobs 104
mean 5.177
min 2.46
max 9.51
sd 1.311
szcomu. Size of a communal dwelling [size reported as diameter
(m) of a circle with area equal to the area of the dwelling]
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=56; Number of
unique values=53
Stat Value
nobs 56
mean 10.825
min 4.75
max 19.25
sd 3.497
szmean. Mean dwelling size [size reported as diameter (m) of a
circle with area equal to the area of the dwelling]
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=206; Number of
unique values=170
Stat Value
nobs 206
mean 5.311
min 1.18
max 19.25
sd 3.391
diasz. Unknown meaning.
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=255
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 865.434
min 14
max 10000
sd 1347.71
prindx. Ratio of population density to TERMD2, the terrestrial
model population density - a very simple measure of pressure on terrestrial
resources = how many times more densely populated than a cultural terrestrial
carrying capacity are observed HGs (Equation: density/termd2)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=229
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 38.385
min 0.1
max 459.5
sd 67.281
termhnt. Proportion of food in a-cultural terrestrial model from
hunting
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=330
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 0.554
min 0.086
max 1
sd 0.259
termgath. Proportion of food in a-cultural terrestrial model
from gathering
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=329; Number of
unique values=329
Stat Value
nobs 329
mean 0.459
min 0.029
max 0.914
sd 0.251
wtrans. Unknown meaning.
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=2
Freq Value
18 H
321 P
pathogen. Pathogen prevalence (Fincher and Thornhill 2008)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=13
Freq Value
1 4
5 5
25 6
17 7
34 8
48 9
72 10
30 11
23 12
26 13
34 14
12 15
12 16
numfam. Number of families in society (Equation: tlpop/famsz)
(Hamilton et al. 2007)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=128; Number of
unique values=126
Stat Value
nobs 128
mean 277.27
min 7.5
max 3153.2
sd 401.6
numg1. Number of group1 units in society (Equation:
tlpop/group1) (Hamilton et al. 2007)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=227; Number of
unique values=196
Stat Value
nobs 227
mean 82.964
min 2.4
max 1250
sd 129.502
numg2. Number of group2 units in society (Equation:
tlpop/group2) (Hamilton et al. 2007)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=297; Number of
unique values=217
Stat Value
nobs 297
mean 27.589
min 1
max 371.3
sd 36.91
numg3. Number of group3 units in society (Equation:
tlpop/group3) (Hamilton et al. 2007)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=216; Number of
unique values=117
Stat Value
nobs 216
mean 8.102
min 0.1
max 107.1
sd 11.25
branchrat. Horton-Strahler branching ratio, produced as slope in
regression (Hamilton et al. 2007:2197)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=208
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 3.868
min 1.93
max 6.85
sd 0.896
iso639.3. ISO 639-3 language code, used on Ethnologue
(http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=238
First six non-missing records:
society iso639.3
Punan pne
Batek btq
Kubu kvb
Shompen sii
Onge oon
Jarwa akj
lang. Language name, from Ethnologue
(http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=249
First six non-missing records:
society lang
Punan Penan,
Western
Batek Batek
Kubu Kubu
Shompen Shom Peng
Onge Onge
Jarwa Aka-Jeru
phyl. Language phylogenetic classification, from Ethnologue
(http://www.ethnologue.com/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=180
First six non-missing records:
society phyl
Punan Austronesian,
Malayo-Polynesian, Punan-Nibong
Batek Austro-Asiatic,
Mon-Khmer, Aslian, North Aslian, Eastern
Kubu Austronesian,
Malayo-Polynesian, Malayic, Malayan, Local Malay
Shompen Austro-Asiatic,
Mon-Khmer, Nicobar, Shom Peng
Onge Andamanese,
South Andamanese
Jarwa Andamanese,
Great Andamanese, Northern
reg. Classification into Old World or New World. Used for
calculation of linguistic proximity matrix.
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=2
Freq Value
235 newWorld
104 oldWorld
hougrp2. Mean number of houses per group2 unit. (Equation:
group2/mhs); (Binford 2001:344)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=222; Number of
unique values=212
Stat Value
nobs 222
mean 10.558
min 0.806
max 58.632
sd 9.712
hhtyp1. Primary household type, based on initial capital letter
in code for hhtype; (Table: 8.08); (Binford 2001: 297)
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=115; Number
of unique values=8
Freq Value Description
10 1 Large extended family
40 2 Small extended family
9 3 Stem family
8 4 Independent monogamous family
35 5 Independent nuclear family
with limited polygyny
1 6 Independent non-sororal
polygynous family, no separate quarters for co-wives
11 7 Independent sororal
polygynous family, no separate quarters for co-wives
1 8 Independent sororal polygynous
family, separate quarters for co-wives
224 NA NA
meanalt. BIOCLIM: Mean altitude within 20 km radius (m) (Hijmans
et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=294
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 635.77
min 4
max 2712
sd 580.281
sdalt. BIOCLIM: Standard deviation of altitude within 20 km
radius (m) (Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=217
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 164.681
min 2
max 772
sd 157.043
bio.1. BIOCLIM: Annual Mean Temperature (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al.
2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 112.231
min -164.099
max 291.526
sd 110.87
bio.2. BIOCLIM: Mean Diurnal Range (Mean of monthly (max temp -
min temp)) (dgC*10) (Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 120.45
min 49.365
max 183.476
sd 33.04
bio.3. BIOCLIM: Isothermality (bio_2/bio_7) (* 100) (Hijmans et
al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=336
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 43.542
min 14
max 91.033
sd 15.984
bio.4. BIOCLIM: Temperature Seasonality (standard deviation
*100) (Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 6509.571
min 222.669
max 16608.002
sd 4001.132
bio.5. BIOCLIM: Max Temperature of Warmest Month (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 273.17
min 45.973
max 422.216
sd 75.213
bio.6. BIOCLIM: Min Temperature of Coldest Month (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean -34.476
min -398.38
max 238.314
sd 155.81
bio.7. BIOCLIM: Temperature Annual Range (bio_5-bio_6) (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 308.18
min 75.733
max 601.274
sd 118.394
bio.8. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Wettest Quarter (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 134.55
min -81.893
max 314.55
sd 101.757
bio.9. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Driest Quarter (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 100.442
min -340.558
max 291.682
sd 150.656
bio.10. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Warmest Quarter (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 194.253
min 9.595
max 322.512
sd 71.428
bio.11. BIOCLIM: Mean Temperature of Coldest Quarter (dgC*10)
(Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 29.36
min -340.558
max 270.661
sd 154.866
bio.12. BIOCLIM: Annual Precipitation (mm) (Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 910.484
min 82.073
max 4057.044
sd 779.572
bio.13. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Wettest Month (mm) (Hijmans et
al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 154.091
min 13.884
max 746.14
sd 135.724
bio.14. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Driest Month (mm) (Hijmans et
al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=322
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 21.315
min 0
max 248.87
sd 29.179
bio.15. BIOCLIM: Precipitation Seasonality (Coefficient of
Variation) (Hijmans et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 57.47
min 11.539
max 125.7
sd 26.893
bio.16. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Wettest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans
et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 417.521
min 34.975
max 1889.755
sd 367.429
bio.17. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Driest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans
et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=336
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 79.193
min 0
max 843.962
sd 99.286
bio.18. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Warmest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans
et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 211.596
min 1.959
max 1330.102
sd 205.565
bio.19. BIOCLIM: Precipitation of Coldest Quarter (mm) (Hijmans
et al. 2005)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=337
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 233.492
min 0.616
max 1741.982
sd 295.587
mnnpp. Mean Net Primary Production within 50 km radius. (scaled)
(Imhoff et al. 2004)
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=338
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean -0.36
min -1.363
max 2.635
sd 0.877
long. Longitude (decimal degrees)--rectified
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=320
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean -44.972
min -170.31
max 170.08
sd 105.949
lati. Latitude (decimal degrees)--rectified
Class=numeric; Type=ordinal; Number non-missing=339; Number of
unique values=324
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 26.245
min -54.558
max 77.49
sd 32.35
ecoregion. WWF ecoregion. (Olson et al. 2001)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=142
First six non-missing records:
society ecoregion
Punan Central
Borneo montane forests
Batek Palawan
moist deciduous forest
Kubu Central and
Southern Sumatra moist forests
Shompen North
Sumatra - Nicobar Islands moist forests
Onge Andaman
Islands moist forests
Jarwa Andaman
Islands moist forests
mht.name. WWF major habitat type. (Olson et al. 2001)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=14
Freq Value
31 Boreal
foresttaigas
68 Deserts and
xeric shrublands
1 Flooded
grasslands
19 Mediterranean
scrub
1 Montane
grasslands
1 Snow, ice,
glaciers, and rock
15 Temperate
broadleaf and mixed forests
67 Temperate
coniferous forests
33 Temperate
grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
11 Tropical
and subtropical dry broadleaf forests
34 Tropical
and subtropical grasslands, savannas, and shrublands
30 Tropical
and subtropical moist broadleaf forests
27 Tundra
1 Water
koeppengei. Koeppen-Geiger climate classification. (Kottek et
al. 2006)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=22
First six non-missing records:
society koeppengei
Punan Af
Batek Aw
Kubu Af
Shompen Af
Onge Am
Jarwa Am
society. Ethnographic Atlas society name
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=339
First six non-missing records:
society society.1
Punan Punan
Batek Batek
Kubu Kubu
Shompen Shompen
Onge Onge
Jarwa Jarwa
continent. Continent
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=5
Freq Value
20 Africa
28 Asia
56 Australia
215 North
America
20 South
America
region. Major sub-continental geographic region
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=11
Freq Value
5 Asiatic
Russia
56 AustraliaNew
Zealand
6 Central
America
4 Eastern
Africa
2 Eastern
Asia
7 Middle
Africa
209 Northern
America
20 South
America
9 Southeastern
Asia
9 Southern
Africa
12 Southern
Asia
iso. ISO 3166-1 alpha-3 country codes (GADM-2 data from
http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=33
First six non-missing records:
society iso
Punan MYS
Batek PHL
Kubu IDN
Shompen IND
Onge IND
Jarwa IND
name.0. Name of Country (GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=33
First six non-missing records:
society name.0
Punan Malaysia
Batek Philippines
Kubu Indonesia
Shompen India
Onge India
Jarwa India
name.1. Name of first subnational administrative level (GADM-2
data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=99
First six non-missing records:
society name.1
Punan Sarawak
Batek Palawan
Kubu Sumatera
Selatan
Shompen Andaman and
Nicobar
Onge Andaman and
Nicobar
Jarwa Andaman and
Nicobar
hasc.1. Hierarchical administrative subdivision code--level 1
(GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=336;
Number of unique values=96
First six non-missing records:
society hasc.1
Punan MY.SK
Batek PH.PL
Kubu ID.SL
Shompen IN.AN
Onge IN.AN
Jarwa IN.AN
name.2. Name of second subnational administrative level (GADM-2
data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339;
Number of unique values=251
First six non-missing records:
society name.2
Punan Belaga
Batek Puerto
Princesa City
Kubu Musi Rawas
Shompen Nicobar
Islands
Onge Andaman
Islands
Jarwa Andaman
Islands
hasc.2. Hierarchical administrative subdivision code--level 2
(GADM-2 data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=299;
Number of unique values=224
First six non-missing records:
society hasc.2
Punan MY.SK.BL
Batek PH.PL.PE
Kubu ID.SL.MR
Shompen IN.AN.NI
Onge IN.AN.AN
Jarwa IN.AN.AN
name.3. Name of third subnational administrative level (GADM-2
data from http://www.gadm.org/)
Class=character; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=97; Number
of unique values=80
First six non-missing records:
society name.3
Batek Langogan
Shompen n.a. (
2304)
Onge n.a. (
2178)
Jarwa n.a. (
2178)
Ayta-Pinatubo Maamot
North Island n.a. (
2178)
eaid. Ethnographic Atlas ID number, if society is in the EA
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=207; Number
of unique values=207
Stat Value
nobs 207
mean 464.343
min 1
max 1248
sd 236.76
lrbid. Binford foragers ID number, if society is in the LRB
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=339; Number
of unique values=339
Stat Value
nobs 339
mean 170
min 1
max 339
sd 98.005
sccsid. Standard Cross Cultural Sample ID number, if society is
in the SCCS
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=37; Number
of unique values=37
Stat Value
nobs 37
mean 123.757
min 2
max 186
sd 43.467
wnaiid. Western North American Indian ID number, if society is
in the WNAI
Class=numeric; Type=categorical; Number non-missing=88; Number
of unique values=88
Stat Value
nobs 88
mean 69.659
min 2
max 155
sd 42.483