SETTLEMENT PATTERNS AND COMMUNITY ORGANIZATION George P. Murdock and Suzanne F. Wilson. 1972. Settlement Patterns and Community Organization: Cross Cultural Codes 3. ETHNOLOGY 11: 254-295. Compiled with permission of Ethnology journal editors. STDS03.DAT Vars. 61- 80 settlement & community 61. FIXITY OF SETTLEMENT . # of Code Descriptive Cases # = Label ----- - ----- 28 1 = Migratory 21 2 = Seminomadic- fixed then migratory 6 3 = Rotating among 2+ fixed 14 4 = Semisedentary- fixed core, some migratory 15 5 = Impermanent- periodically moved 102 6 = Permanent 62. COMPACTNESS OF SETTLEMENT . 44 1 = Dispersed 20 2 = Spatially separated subsettlements 18 3 = Partially dispersed with central core 104 4 = Compact 63. COMMUNITY SIZE 1 . = Missing Data 28 1 = < 50 28 2 = 50-99 45 3 = 100-199 32 4 = 200-399 29 5 = 400-999 15 6 = 1,000-4,999 5 7 = 5,000-49,999 3 8 = > 50,000 64. POPULATION DENSITY 2 . = Missing Data 36 1 = < 1 person per 5 sq. mile 22 2 = 1 person per 1-5 sq. mile 25 3 = 1-5 persons per sq. mile 27 4 = 1-25 persons per sq. mile 34 5 = 26-100 persons per sq. mile 20 6 = 101-500 persons per sq. mile 20 7 = over 500 persons per sq. mile 65. TYPES OF DWELLING - . = Missing Data 13 1 = Conical 2 2 = Beehive 11 3 = Dome or hemispherical 5 4 = Wedge-shape roof 6 5 = Semicylindrical 24 6 = Cone-cylinder 49 7 = Rectangular on ground, vegetal material walls 18 8 = Rectangular on piles 17 9 = Rectangular on ground, mineral material walls 12F 10 = Flat roofs 9R 11 = Caves or rock shelters 9T 12 = Tents 8S 13 = Semisubterranean 3X 14 = Miscellaneous * note: eliminate letters ======================= 66. LARGE OR IMPRESSIVE STRUCTURES . 96 1 = None 24 2 = Residences of influential individuals 31 3 = Secular or public building(s) 27 4 = Religious or ceremonial building(s) 4 5 = Military structure(s) 4 6 = Economic or industrial building(s) 67. HOUSEHOLD FORM . 6 1 = Large communal structures 4 2 = Multi-family dwellings 87 3 = Single family dwellings 37 4 = Family homestead 24 5 = Multi-dwelling households, each with married pair 9 6 = Multi-dwelling households, husband rotates among wives 3 7 = Mother-child households, husbands separate 16 8 = Multi-dwelling households, each dwelling occupied by individual married man or woman 68. FORM OF FAMILY (SEE 79, 80) . 7 1 = Monogamous, no polygyny 42 2 = Monogamous, < 20% polygyny 26 3 = Polygynous, > 20% 2 4 = Polyandrous 9 5 = Stem family, monogamy 7 6 = Stem family, < 20% polygyny 10 7 = Small extended, monogamy 30 8 = Small extended, < 20% polygyny 19 9 = Small extended, > 20% polygyny 5M 10 = Large extended, monogamy 17N 11 = Large extended, < 20% polygyny 12P 12 = Large extended, > 20% polygyny * note: eliminate letters ======================= 69. MARITAL RESIDENCE 1 . = Missing data 38 1 = Matrilocal or uxorilocal - with wife's kin 8 2 = Avunculocal - with husband's mother's brother's kin 118 3 = Patrilocal or virilocal - with husband's kin 12 4 = Ambilocal - with either wife's or husband's kin 9 5 = Neolocal - separate from kin 70. DESCENT - MEMBERSHIP IN CORPORATE KINSHIP GROUPS . 26 1 = Matrilineal - through female line 10 2 = Double descent - separate groups through male and female lines 75 3 = Patrilineal - through male line 6 4 = Ambilineal - through one parent in each generation 69 5 = Bilateral - not a corporate kin group 71. DESCENT GROUPS, LOCATION OF CORE GENDER GROUP 69 0 = None - Bilateral 22 1 = Localized lineages - in community, more than one per community 6 2 = Clan communities - core group and spouses constitute community 89 3 = Dispersed sibs - core group dispersed in different communities 72. INTERCOMMUNITY MARRIAGE 1 . = Missing data 11 1 = Local endogamy 90-100% 50 2 = Local endogamy 61-89% (agamous) 51 3 = Local endogamy 40-60% (agamous) 38 4 = Local endogamy 11-39% (agamous) 35 5 = Local endogamy 0-10% (exogamy) 73. COMMUNITY INTEGRATION . 6 1 = Lacking or low compared to community segments or larger polity 26 2 = By common residence only 16 3 = Common Identity, dialect, subculture 78 4 = Overlapping Kin ties 8 5 = Common social or economic status 20 6 = Common political ties 32 7 = Common religious ties 74. PROMINENT COMMUNITY CEREMONIALS . 67 1 = Rites of passage 69 2 = Calendrical 36 3 = Magical or religious 14 4 = Individual sponsored and communally attended (e.g., potlatch) 75. CEREMONIAL ELEMENTS . 54 1 = Feasting and/or drinking 10 2 = Exchanges other than food 51 3 = Entertainment 57 4 = Sacrifice other than human 13 5 = Human sacrifice 1 6 = Masochistic behavior 76. COMMUNITY LEADERSHIP . 13 1 = No centralized local leadership 4 2 = Higher level only 54 3 = Single local leader 8 4 = Dual/plural headmen 72 5 = Single local leader and council 15 6 = Local councils 10 7 = Single local leader and subordinates 10 8 = Too complex to be coded 77. LOCAL POLITICAL SUCCESSION, PRIMARY 3 . = Missing data 17 1 = No headman or council 10 2 = By appointment 10 3 = Seniority 2 4 = Divination 37 5 = Informal consensus 22 6 = Electoral process 61 7 = Patrilineal 14 8 = Matrilineal 10 9 = Hereditary with personal qualifications 78. LOCAL POLITICAL SUCCESSION, SECONDARY 126 . = Missing Data - 1 = No headman or council - 2 = By appointment 33 3 = Seniority - 4 = Divination 22 5 = Informal consensus 3 6 = Electoral process 2 7 = Patrilineal 79. POLYGAMY (see 68) . 2 1 = Polyandry - primarily monogamous with some plural husbands 31 2 = Monogamy 96 3 = Polygyny < 20% plural wives (if more frequent than polyandry) 57 4 = Polygyny > 20% plural wives (if more frequent than polyandry) 80. FAMILY SIZE . 7 1 = Nuclear Monogamous 70 2 = Nuclear Polygynous 16 3 = Stem Family 59 4 = Small extended 34 5 = Large extended