Inequality on the Pacific Northwest Coast of North America measured by house-floor area and storage capacity
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 4842005 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Kenneth M Ames (0000-0002-8800-4756, Portland State University), Colin Grier (Washington State University, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2020 |
| Volume | 94 |
| Issue | 376 |
| Pages | 1042-1059 |
| Publication date | 2020-08-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0003-598X • E-ISSN: 1745-1744 |
| Publisher | Antiquity Publications (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.15184/aqy.2020.128 |
| OpenAlex | W3042887966 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 19 |
| References cited | 26 |
Recent large-scale comparative archaeological studies of wealth differences have used Gini coefficients to assess inequality, employing house-floor area as a standardised, cross-cultural proxy for wealth. Two such studies have found that storage capacity produces higher Gini coefficients than floor area, suggesting that the latter measures household wealth, while the former reflects anticipated income. Here, the authors test these relationships using the floor area and storage capacity of excavated houses on the Lower Columbia River in the Pacific Northwest. The results, which reflect those from previous studies, support the cross-cultural nature of the pattern, and show that storage capacity reflects food-surplus deployment strategies rather than anticipated household income
Agricultural economics · East coast · Economic inequality · Economics · Geography · Gini coefficient · Inequality · Physical geography · Proxy (statistics) · Scale (ratio) · Statistics · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Archaeology and Rock Art Studies · Historical and Cultural Archaeology Studies · Mathematics
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| Unique citing works | 19 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3,17 |
| Citation span | 2020 - 2026 (7) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 15 |