Group Compositions in Band Societies (GCBS) Data Base Introduction

Version 1.1 (Read only)

Woodrow W. Denham

Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

22 February 2002

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View the documents, with links to the datasets.

• Group Compositions in Band Societies Data Base Manual . User guide.
• Statistical Summary. Quick review of the contents of the data base.
• Data Sources. Published and unpublished documents which yielded the numerical and graphical data, organized by the identification codes assigned to the datasets.
• References. References cited in the GCBS Data Base Manual, including the data sources, in standard bibliographical format.
• Acknowledgements. Institutions and people who have supported the project.

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• Dataset Table of Contents. Short route to the datasets.

The Group Compositions in Band Societies (GCBS) Data Base contains 41 sets of genealogical censuses for band societies around the world spanning a period of two centuries. It contains genealogical records for 6717 living people and 2218 deceased ancestors, plus censuses of approximately 2138 discrete residential units including households, camps or villages and larger regional populations at one or more points in time. These datasets can be analyzed from many perspectives to learn just what was or was not happening within the social organization of hunter-gatherer bands when they were first studied by Western social scientists.

The GCBS Documents Folder contains a manual that explains the structure and operation of the GCBS Data Base, and includes tables, figures, a brief statistical summary, a list of data sources, references, acknowledgements and links to the datasets.

The GCBS Data Folder holds 41 subfolders, each containing one dataset. All datasets contain a key, a data file, and a complete set of genealogical diagrams. In addition, all of the Inuit (NU) datasets contain a map.

The GCBS Data Base is a work in progress. Additional materials will be added as they become available. Suggestions for improving its content, format and operation will be greatly appreciated.

Revision History
Version	Compiled	Description
1.1	8 May 2002	V1.1 is the first complete version of GCBS. It includes all available numerical data, all genealogical diagrams, revised maps in the Inuit datasets and editorial revisions in the documentation. All files are in .pdf format (read only).
1.0	25 Feb 2002	V1.0 is the first (incomplete) version of GCBS to become available on the World Wide Web. All files are in .pdf format (read only). Later versions are expected to contain downloadable data files.