task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent

craft specialization
task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent

craft specialization
task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent

craft specialization
task absent oe age/ occupational specialization absent

No secondary type or absence of stratification

fromerly present but not currently existing

absence of individual property rights or rules

trial, marriage, promiscuous relation prohibited

elliptical or elongated with rounded ends

raised substantially on piles, posts, or piers

plaster, mud and dung, or wattle and daub
wood, including logs, planks, poles, bamboo, or shingles

plaster, clay, mud and dung, or wattle and daub

wood, including logs, planks, polees, bamboo, or shingles

peace groups transcending local communities

absence of indigenous political authority
informal consensus, personal influence or age
ML, a sister's son preferred to a younger brother
ML, a younger brother preferred to a sister's son
PL, a son preferred to a younger brother
PL, a younger brother preferred to a son

Mediterranean (dry, deciduous, and evergreen forests)
Oases and certain restricted river valleys

oases and certain restricted river valleys

Chari-Nile: Eastern Sudanic or Nilotic (CnE)
Indo-European: Baltic or Balto-Serbian (IeB)
Mon-Khmer: Cambodian or Mon-Khmer proper (MkC)
Niger-Congo: Atlantic or West Atlantic (NcA)
Niger-Congo: Eastern or Adamawa-Eastern (NcE)
Oregon Penutian: Takilman or Takelma (OpT)

A belief in possession exists
Possession is one of the explanations of trance, possession also has other manifestations
Possession is one of the explanations of trance, possession has no other manifestations
Possession is sole cause of trance, but possession has manifestations other than trance
Trance does not exist, no belief in possession.
Trance exists, no belief in possession
Trance exists, possession explains other phenomena, but not trance
Trance exists, sole explanation is possession, no other manifestations of possession

Heine-Geldern Hoehn-Gerlachstein 1958 Sen 1962 Cooper 1991
Schebesta 1954 Skeat & Blagden 1906 | Kuchikura 1988 (1880s)
Bailey 1863 Seligman & Seligman 1911 Spittel 1945
Nimmanahaeminda & Hartland-Swam 1962 Pookajorn 1988 Velder 1963
Cavalli-Sforza 1986 Vallois & Marquer 1976
O'Connell pers.comm 1977, O'Connel et al. 1991
Howell 1979 Yellen 1977 Brooks et al. 1984 Gold & Yellen 1987 Lee 1979
Hitchcock pers, comm. 1990 Weissner & Hitchcock pers. Comm. 1991
Hitchcock pers. Comm. 1990 Eibl-Eibesfeldt 1972
Hart 1970 Hart & Pilling 1960 Peterson & Long 1986
Myers 1986 Gargett & Hayden 1991 (settled) Hayden pers. Comm. 1992
Barrett 1908 Driver 1936 Cook & Heizer 1965
Cook & Heizer 1965 Barrett 1908  (1850s(
Kelly 1964 Euler 1972  SOUTHERN PAIUTE  res. Knack 1975
Cook 1955 Gayton 1948 Gifford 1932 (past-1850)
Porter 1893 (1890) Michael 1967 (1843) Oswalt & Van Stone 1967
Savishinsky 1974 (1967) MacKenzie 1966 (1789)
Honigmann 1949 Michael 1967 (1843) Sullivan 1942 Clark 1974
Porter 1893 (1890) Michael 1967 (1843) Oswalt & Van Stone
Taylor 1974 Turner 1894 (1882) Graburn 1969 (1964 SUGLUK)
Hayden et al. 1996 Jenness 1932 Rasmussen 1932
Savelle 1987 | Ross 1835 | Ray 1850 | M'Clintock 1860 | Boas 1907 | Van den Steenhoven 1959
Birket-Smith 1928 Hayden et al. 1996 Mirsky 1937