Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology
Abstract
The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that mobile or predominantly mobile societies have a lower ratio of average house floor area to average household size. The analysis is performed on a cross-cultural sample consisting of 11 mobile and 35 sedentary cases. The research hypothesis is supported by the data, and the result is significant in two ways. First, it contributes to general anthropological understanding of relationships between cultural variables. Second, it has implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeology as it provides more specific information for converting observed house floor areas into population size and average household size estimates.
Keywords:
population / mobility / housing / archaeologySource:
Cross-Cultural Research, 2012, 46, 1, 72-86Publisher:
- Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks
Funding / projects:
- Archaeological culture and identity in the Western Balkans (RS-MESTD-Basic Research (BR or ON)-177008)
DOI: 10.1177/1069397111423889
ISSN: 1069-3971
WoS: 000299696600004
Scopus: 2-s2.0-84856478946
Institution/Community
Arheologija / ArchaeologyTY - JOUR AU - Porčić, Marko PY - 2012 UR - http://reff.f.bg.ac.rs/handle/123456789/1363 AB - The aim of this article is to test the hypothesis that mobile or predominantly mobile societies have a lower ratio of average house floor area to average household size. The analysis is performed on a cross-cultural sample consisting of 11 mobile and 35 sedentary cases. The research hypothesis is supported by the data, and the result is significant in two ways. First, it contributes to general anthropological understanding of relationships between cultural variables. Second, it has implications for demographic reconstructions in archaeology as it provides more specific information for converting observed house floor areas into population size and average household size estimates. PB - Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks T2 - Cross-Cultural Research T1 - Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology EP - 86 IS - 1 SP - 72 VL - 46 DO - 10.1177/1069397111423889 ER -
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Porčić, M.. (2012). Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology. in Cross-Cultural Research Sage Publications Inc, Thousand Oaks., 46(1), 72-86. https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397111423889
Porčić M. Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology. in Cross-Cultural Research. 2012;46(1):72-86. doi:10.1177/1069397111423889 .
Porčić, Marko, "Effects of Residential Mobility on the Ratio of Average House Floor Area to Average Household Size: Implications for Demographic Reconstructions in Archaeology" in Cross-Cultural Research, 46, no. 1 (2012):72-86, https://doi.org/10.1177/1069397111423889 . .