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Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

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  • Timothy A. Kohler

    (Washington State University
    Santa Fe Institute
    Crow Canyon Archaeological Center)

  • Michael E. Smith

    (School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University)

  • Amy Bogaard

    (Santa Fe Institute
    Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford)

  • Gary M. Feinman

    (Field Museum of Natural History)

  • Christian E. Peterson

    (2424 Maile Way, 346 Saunders Hall, University of Hawaii at Mānoa)

  • Alleen Betzenhauser

    (Illinois State Archaeological Survey, American Bottom Field Station)

  • Matthew Pailes

    (University of Oklahoma, 455 W Lindsey)

  • Elizabeth C. Stone

    (Stony Brook University)

  • Anna Marie Prentiss

    (University of Montana)

  • Timothy J. Dennehy

    (School of Human Evolution & Social Change, Arizona State University)

  • Laura J. Ellyson

    (Washington State University)

  • Linda M. Nicholas

    (Field Museum of Natural History)

  • Ronald K. Faulseit

    (Pierce College)

  • Amy Styring

    (Institut für Archäologische Wissenschaften, Goethe-Universität Frankfurt am Main)

  • Jade Whitlam

    (Institute of Archaeology, University of Oxford)

  • Mattia Fochesato

    (New York University Abu Dhabi)

  • Thomas A. Foor

    (University of Montana)

  • Samuel Bowles

    (Santa Fe Institute)

Abstract

Analyses of house-size distributions in the Old and New World showed that wealth disparities increased with the domestication of plants and animals and with increased sociopolitical scale.

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  • Timothy A. Kohler & Michael E. Smith & Amy Bogaard & Gary M. Feinman & Christian E. Peterson & Alleen Betzenhauser & Matthew Pailes & Elizabeth C. Stone & Anna Marie Prentiss & Timothy J. Dennehy & La, 2017. "Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica," Nature, Nature, vol. 551(7682), pages 619-622, November.
    • Handle: RePEc:nat:nature:v:551:y:2017:i:7682:d:10.1038_nature24646
    DOI: 10.1038/nature24646
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    1. Kashif Zia & Umar Farooq & Sakeena Al Ajmi, 2023. "Finding the Impact of Market Visibility and Monopoly on Wealth Distribution and Poverty Using Computational Economics," Computational Economics, Springer;Society for Computational Economics, vol. 61(1), pages 113-137, January.
    2. Alfani, Guido & Di Tullio, M & Fochesato, M, 2020. "The determinants of wealth inequality in the Republic of Venice (1400-1800)," CAGE Online Working Paper Series 483, Competitive Advantage in the Global Economy (CAGE).
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    8. Tsvetkova, Milena & Wagner, Claudia & Mao, Andrew, 2018. "The emergence of inequality in social groups: network structure and institutions affect the distribution of earnings in cooperation games," LSE Research Online Documents on Economics 89716, London School of Economics and Political Science, LSE Library.

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