Universal Patterns in Cultural Evolution: An Empirical Analysis Using Guttman Scaling
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We test for universal patterns in cultural evolution by Guttman scaling on two different worldwide samples of archaeological traditions and on well-known archaeological sequences. The evidence is generally consistent with universal evolutionary sequences. We also present evidence for some punctuated evolutionary events. [
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