Extracting hierarchical features of cultural variation using network-based clustering
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7989633 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Xiran Liu (0000-0002-3955-9026, Stanford University), Noah A Rosenberg (0000-0002-1829-8664, Stanford University, corresponding author), Gili Greenbaum (0000-0002-1631-8203, Hebrew University of Jerusalem, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2022 |
| Volume | 4 |
| Publication date | 2022-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Evolutionary Human Sciences (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 2513-843X • E-ISSN: 2513-843X |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1017/ehs.2022.15 |
| PMID | 36276878 |
| OpenAlex | W4225380675 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 1 |
| References cited | 43 |
High-dimensional datasets on cultural characters contribute to uncovering insights about factors that influence cultural evolution. Because cultural variation in part reflects descent processes with a hierarchical structure – including the descent of populations and vertical transmission of cultural traits – methods designed for hierarchically structured data have potential to find applications in the analysis of cultural variation. We adapt a network-based hierarchical clustering method for use in analysing cultural variation. Given a set of entities, the method constructs a similarity network, hierarchically depicting community structure among them. We illustrate the approach using four datasets: pronunciation variation in the US mid-Atlantic region, folklore variation in worldwide cultures, phonemic variation across worldwide languages and temporal variation in first names in the US. In these examples, the method provides insights into processes that affect cultural variation, uncovering geographic and other influences on observed patterns and cultural characters that make important contributions to them
Biology · Cluster analysis · Cultural transmission in animals · Data science · Evolutionary biology · Hierarchical clustering · Set (abstract data type · Similarity (geometry · Variation (astronomy · Computer Science · Language and cultural evolution · Linguistic Variation and Morphology · Social and Cultural Dynamics · Artificial Intelligence
Biases in cultural transmission shape the turnover of popular traits
Towards a unified science of cultural evolution
Cultural Evolution
Ancient Admixture in Human History
Community structure in social and biological networks
Fast unfolding of communities in large networks
Investigating cultural evolution through biological phylogenetic analyses of Turkmen textiles
Handbook of the Linguistic Atlas of the Middle and South Atlantic States
Return of the White Raven
Tricksters Trot to America
| Unique citing works | 1 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 0,25 |
| Citation span | 2022 - 2022 (1) |
| Citation velocity | historical |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 1 |