Journal article
Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica
- Abstract:
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How wealth is distributed among households provides insight into the fundamental characters of societies and the opportunities they afford for social mobility. However, economic inequality has been hard to study in ancient societies for which we do not have written records, which adds to the challenge of placing current wealth disparities into a long-term perspective. Although various archaeological proxies for wealth, such as burial goods or exotic or expensive-to-manufacture goods in househ...
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- Publication status:
- Published
- Peer review status:
- Peer reviewed
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+ National Science Foundation
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BNS-91-05780
SBR-9304248
SBR-9805288
CNH-0816400
BCS-0349668
SMA-1620462
BCS-0713013
BCS-0313920
Bibliographic Details
- Publisher:
- Springer Nature Publisher's website
- Journal:
- Nature Journal website
- Volume:
- 551
- Pages:
- 619-622
- Publication date:
- 2017-11-15
- Acceptance date:
- 2017-10-20
- DOI:
- EISSN:
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1476-4687
- ISSN:
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0028-0836
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- Pubs id:
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pubs:801148
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- pubs:801148
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801148
- Deposit date:
- 2017-11-29
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- Copyright holder:
- Kohler et al
- Copyright date:
- 2017
- Notes:
- Copyright © 2017 Authors. This is the accepted manuscript version of the article. The final version is available online from Springer Nature at: https://doi.org/10.1038/nature24646
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