Elise M Hamerslag
Biographic Data
| ID | 211835 |
|---|---|
| NAME | Elise M Hamerslag |
| GIVEN NAMES | Elise M |
| FAMILY NAME | Hamerslag |
| SIGNATURE | HAMERSLAG E M |
| AFFILIATIONS | University of Oxford |
| VERIFIED | No |
| TOTAL WORKS | 2 |
| TOTAL CITATIONS | 5 |
| AUTHOR COUNT | 2 |
| EDITOR COUNT | 0 |
| FIRST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| LATEST PUBLICATION YEAR | 2022 |
| H-INDEX | 1 |
Building Quantitative Cross-Cultural Databases From Ethnographic Records: Promise, Problems and Principles
Quantitative cross-cultural databases can help uncover structure and diversity across human populations. These databases have been constructed using a variety of methodologies and have been instrumental for building and testing theories in the social sciences. The processes and assumptions behind the construction of cross-cultural databases are not always openly discussed by creators or fully appreciated by their users. Here, we scrutinize the pr…
Food storage facilitates professional religious specialization in hunter–gatherer societies
Professional religious specialists centralised religious authority in early human societies and represented some of the earliest instances of formalised social leadership. These individuals played a central role in the emergence of organised religion and transitions to more stratified human societies. Evolutionary theories highlight a range of environmental, economic and social factors that are potentially causally related to the emergence of pro…
Building Quantitative Cross-Cultural Databases From Ethnographic Records: Promise, Problems and Principles
Quantitative cross-cultural databases can help uncover structure and diversity across human populations. These databases have been constructed using a variety of methodologies and have been instrumental for building and testing theories in the social sciences. The processes and assumptions behind the construction of cross-cultural databases are not always openly discussed by creators or fully appreciated by their users. Here, we scrutinize the pr…
Food storage facilitates professional religious specialization in hunter–gatherer societies
Professional religious specialists centralised religious authority in early human societies and represented some of the earliest instances of formalised social leadership. These individuals played a central role in the emergence of organised religion and transitions to more stratified human societies. Evolutionary theories highlight a range of environmental, economic and social factors that are potentially causally related to the emergence of pro…
Building Quantitative Cross-Cultural Databases From Ethnographic Records: Promise, Problems and Principles
Quantitative cross-cultural databases can help uncover structure and diversity across human populations. These databases have been constructed using a variety of methodologies and have been instrumental for building and testing theories in the social sciences. The processes and assumptions behind the construction of cross-cultural databases are not always openly discussed by creators or fully appreciated by their users. Here, we scrutinize the pr…
Food storage facilitates professional religious specialization in hunter–gatherer societies
Professional religious specialists centralised religious authority in early human societies and represented some of the earliest instances of formalised social leadership. These individuals played a central role in the emergence of organised religion and transitions to more stratified human societies. Evolutionary theories highlight a range of environmental, economic and social factors that are potentially causally related to the emergence of pro…
Sociology (2 works) · Archaeology (1 works) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies (1 works) · Artificial Intelligence (1 works) · Coding (social sciences (1 works) · Computer Science (1 works) · Cross-cultural (1 works) · Cultural Differences and Values (1 works) · Cultural diversity (1 works) · Culture, Economy, and Development Studies (1 works)