Predicting the Future State of the World Using Archaeological Data: An Exercise in Archaeomancy  

Oleh:

Ember, Carol R. (Co-Author); Ember, Melvin (Co-Author); Peregrine, Peter N.

Jenis: Article from Journal - ilmiah internasional
Dalam koleksi: Cross-Cultural Research vol. 38 no. 2 (May 2004), page 1-14.
Topik: cross-cultural research; forecasting; political evolution; political integration; quadratic model; world government
Fulltext: 133CCR382.pdf (96.2KB)

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The authors used data coded on all 289 cases in the Outline of Archaeological Traditions, a sampling universe developed by the Human Relations Area Files for comparative archaeological research, to predict future values of political integration. The authors found that political integration has increased during the past 12,000 years following a quadratic curve. Although there are potential methodological and theoretical problems with the analyses, the authors suggest that using the quadratic model to predict future values of political integration is reasonable. The authors conclude that a world state is likely to have appeared by AD 5000.

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