CULTURAL COMPLEXITY Murdock, George P., and Caterina Provost. 1971. Measurement of Cultural Complexity. ETHNOLOGY 12:379-392. Compiled with permission of Ethnology journal editors. STDS06.DAT Vars. 149-158 cultural complexity 149. SCALE 1- WRITING AND RECORDS . 73 1 = None 49 2 = Mnemonic devices 21 3 = Nonwritten records 12 4 = True writing; no records 31 5 = True writing; records 150. SCALE 2- FIXITY OF RESIDENCE . 28 1 = Nomadic 21 2 = Seminomadic 20 3 = Semisedentary 15 4 = Sedentary; impermanent 102 5 = Sedentary 151. SCALE 3- AGRICULTURE . 38 1 = None 17 2 = 10% food supply 11 3 = 10%; secondary 63 4 = Primary; not intensive 57 5 = Primary; intensive 152. SCALE 4- URBANIZATION . 56 1 = fewer than 100 persons 43 2 = 100-199 persons 33 3 = 200-399 persons 30 4 = 400-999 persons 24 5 = 1000 persons 153. SCALE 5- TECHNOLOGICAL SPECIALIZATION . 39 1 = No pottery, looms, metalworking 27 2 = Pottery only 31 3 = Loom weaving but not metalworking 56 4 = Metalworking, weavers or potterns absent 33 5 = Smiths, weavers, potters 154. SCALE 6- LAND TRANSPORT . 108 1 = Human only 42 2 = Pack animals 14 3 = Draft animals 11 4 = Animal-drawn vehicles 11 5 = Automotive vehicles 155. SCALE 7- MONEY . 77 1 = None 14 2 = Domestically usable articles 43 3 = Alien currency 27 4 = Elementary forms 25 5 = True money 156. SCALE 8- DENSITY OF POPULATION . 58 1 = less than 1 person/square mile 25 2 = 1-5 persons/square mile 28 3 = 5.1-25 persons/square mile 35 4 = 26-100 persons/square mile 40 5 = 100 persons/square mile 157. SCALE 9- POLITICAL INTEGRATION . 11 1 = None 72 2 = Autonomous local communities 46 3 = 1 level above community 28 4 = 2 levels above community 29 5 = 3 levels above community 158. SCALE 10- SOCIAL STRATIFICATION . 65 1 = Egalitarian 52 2 = Hereditary slavery 19 3 = 2 social classes, no castes/slavery 20 4 = 2 social classes, castes/slavery 30 5 = 3 social classes or castes, with or without slavery