Pages 1-10 give graphic cross-pairs for Binford Variables, ending with pp6-10 V1-V30 in the Ethnographic atlas (with ET).
Next, pp11-end come tables for Binford (2001) Threshold generalizations. The first two are tested on this page.
Notes: This table is a beginning for a network diagram of variables with effects on one another that depend on critical thresholds:
effective temperature (et), population density ( ), male contribution to diet (mdivlab), Below are some graphic thresholds
Generalization 8.11, Binford (2001:266: point 2). These two plots are not suited to regression but better treated as thresholds.
LBR$lati
plot(LRB$lati,LRB$qtstor, cex =.5)
latQtstor<-(LRB$lati>34)*1 threshold at 35
LBR$et
plot(LRB$et,LRB$qtstor, cex =.5)
qtstor3<-(LRB$qtstor>2)*1 threshold at 15.25
LBR$lati
plot(LRB$et,LRB$store, cex =.5)
threshold at 35
LBR$et
plot(LRB$et,LRB$store, cex =.5)
threshold at 15.25
table(qtstor3,latQtstor)
L R lati
0 20 125 Row12
qtstor3 1 186 6 Row34
table(qtstor3+,etQtstor)
L
R et
0 127 18
etQtstor 1 22 170
LBR$et redo etQtstor<-(LRB$et>=14)*1
LRB$etShortGrowing <- (LRB$et>=18)*1 plot(LRB$et,LRB$growc,cex = .5) No threshold, well suited for regression
1
>1 packinx ave subdiv = 73.0 (subsisence diversity) constant slope with
$pop
<1 packinx ave subdiv 70.6 (subsisence diversity) upward slope with $pop????? wrong
2
Generalization 11.11 p420A packing<2 cor.test=-.16,p=.03
See http://bit.ly/J32FBj subsets
Generalzn 12.02 p434
cor.test =-.36, p<0.002 z<-which(LRB$packing<2 & LRB$subsp<2) plot(log(LRB$pop[z]),LRB$subdiv[z], cex=0.5)
OUTSIDE OF TESTING BINFORD: test tropics with smaller overall (g3 groups) and add water in regression
p=-0.21
r=-0.19
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File Name:
page
Et
266:1 18.00 o +
Threshold Table.docx
Net
Aboveground
etThreshold
Productivity
etShortGrowing Season R2=0.77 w
R2=0.82 wth LRB$grow
~15.25
266:2 15.25 o +
etStorage (when colder
R2=0.84
267:3 12.75 o +
268
267:4 11.53 o +
262
page
305a
305b
store
with qtstor
etTerrPlant
Anthon: put back ‘X’
?? P267 LNagp (log10)
minimum is 3.59 not 2.31
~11.53
<11.53 c
etPolar Btlnck
etPolar
%
low
49.5%
Key subsp 1terresanim
MdivLab Threshold
MdivLab
MdivLab
“foragers”
‘X’variable
r=-.09 Supports Pathogen theory for grp3 (smaller) r=-0.21 p=0.0014
Conditional
Fgs.
Effect
or Source
Plot above Bailey 1960
Plot above (plot lati o
by qtstor)
+TerreAnim
Nagp log10
35o
lat.
Fig.8.04/8
P261B
Fig.8.08
Fig.8.04/8
Fig.8.14
Fig.8.08
Fig.8.12??
Fig.8.08
2.31-2.89?
Warmer: no
storage p260
Warmer: no
storage p260
Warmer: plant
dependent
Warmer:
Cold
3 aquatic
Group1 size
2Storage
1Level 432
2Minor, short
1Smaller Aversize
1Level 42
2Minor, short
1Level 85432
2Major storage
1Level 875432
2Major/Massive
1Largest Aversize
1Level (5)4(3)
2Massive/Major
2terrespl
Fig.8.22
Plant-dep.
p304
Group1 size
Increasing
Decreasing
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305c
305b
305a
306
306
306
306
306
353
420A
434
420B
420B
422
423
427A
427B
436
435
49.5%
77%
>77%
EfTemp
11.53 o
11.53 o
11.53 o
12.75 o
18.00 o
MdivLab
MdivLab
MdivLab
MdivLab
MdivLab
MdivLab
MdivLab
etShortGrowingSeason
PopDen Threshold
Terresplant
Anim-aquat
G8.10,8.12 p263
p264
Fig.8.23C
p306 
Fig.8.23A p306 
Fig.8.23B p307 
Aquat-dep.
Aquat-dep.
Aquat-dep.
Terresanim
Terresplant
??
No bias
Increasing
Decreasing
Group1
??Group1
Fig.8.11
#Mammals pres.
Fig.8.11???
#Aquatic resour.
Mobility strateg.
Conditional,
Lnagp 
Complexity &
cond. thresh
Diversity
53.16pd PopDen (pop)
Plot above
Intensifies Cplxty
Wrong
+cond
Pop G11.11
Packinx < 1
subdiv
Incr Subsis divers
+cond
Pop
generally
Packinx < 1
TerresRes
Log10pd
Incr Subsis divers
-cond
Pop
PackInx > 1
Reduces Niche Breadth
-cond
Pop
PackInx > 1
Increases Specialization
Log10pd Pop
Aquat-dep.
and PackInx < 1 Linearly Reduces Group1*2*3 Size
Each higher pd threshold is 5.79 times the value of the previous. For generic H-Gs the upper limit of pd is 5.79
times the packing threshold of 9.098 persons or 52.677 persons per 100 square kilometers
There is a sharp reduction in the range of variability in subsistence diversity among wealth-differentiated
Reduced Subsis
hunter-gatherer who survive as hunter-gatherers despite increased levels of population pressure that exceed the diversity
packing threshold.
Both generalist and specialist cases converge at a subsistence diversity value of 71.75 with maximum population Subsis diversity at
density. Beyond this point, no hunter-gatherers of this type remain in the nearly contemporary world.
maximum PopD
Niche breadth reduction is one response to the obsolescence of mobility as the major means of adjusting
This occurs at
consumer demand to the differential spatial distribution of edible products in the habitat during a seasonal cycle, PackInx = 1 (no +
which occurs at the packing threshold.
foraging room)
As packing increases among those groups in which horticulture has been included in the subsistence strategy,
This occurs at
there is an increased specialization upon terrestrial plants. The same dynamics affects mutualists and product
PackInx > 1
4-fold patterns
Lnagp 
Lnagp 
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specialists, regardless of the products exploited for exchange with patrons, hosts, or employers – dietary
specialization upon terrestrial plaints increases.
377
380
381B
381A
381C
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404
404
422A
422A
422A
420
422B
Log10??
0.0pdt
PackInx Threshold
PackInx
NoChang PackInx
1.57pt
PackInx
Intensification
??pt
PackInx
1.57pt
PackInx
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-reverse Incr Subsis divers
Incr
PopDen
PopDen
Incr
PopDen
corollar Incr Subsis divers
y
NicheEff
1.6
Group1units<15
Jt/ExtdFm
Increasing
Terresplant
Terresanim
Terresanim
Terresanim
HiLat&Polar
Warmer
Terresanim
Reduc.Sm.Anim
Terresplant
Terresplant
PackInx < 1
PackInx = 1
PackInx > 1
PackInx < 1
PackInx > 1
To 85.0
>85.0
Increases
Maximum of
Reduces
Increases
Reduces
Group1 size
Increasing
Stable
Group2 Size Incr
Terresanim
Reduced depend.
MDivLab  +Fem
Reduced BigGame
“ Aqua.Resources
Incr Terresplant
“ Aqua.Resources
Incr FemDivLab
Incr Subsis divers
Reduces PackInx?
Group2 size
Group2 size
Group2 size
Group2 size
Group2 size
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Extra row here
Control for TerresAnim TerresPlants Aquatic p306
30 o C Where are the HiMale foragers on p306?
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plot(LRB$et,log(LRB$nagp),cex = .5)
.68 no log (LRB$et is always positive)
.96
.98
8
Snowmax@12.75o C
SnowTHRES@40o C
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