The Development of Social Inequality in the Carpathian Basin between 5200 and 1000 BCE

Foreword of the series editors Acknowledgements Chapter 1: Introduction 1.1 Definition of social inequality 1.2 Emergence and persistence of inequality 1.3 Social inequality in the prehistory of Europe and the Carpathian Basin Chapter 2: The environmental and archaeological setting 2.1 The natural environment and climate history 2.2 Chronology and archaeological cultures 2.2.1 Cultural groups of the Neolithic 2.2.2 The cultural groups of the Copper Age 2.2.3 The cultural groups of the Bronze Age 2.2.3.1 Great Pannonian Plain and Transdanubia 2.3.3.2 Little Pannonian Plain Chapter 3: Data 3.1 Data selection 3.2 Data acquisition and database 3.2.1 Cemetery/Site 3.2.2 Grave 3.2.2.1 Grave dimension 3.2.2.2 Cemetery phases 3.2.3 Burial 3.2.3.1 Degree of Disturbance 3.2.3.2 Anthropological sex and age 3.2.4 Inventory 3.2.5 Isotopes Chapter 4: Methodology 4.1 Structure of the analysis 4.2 Assumptions 4.3 Methods of the analyses 4.3.1 Object classes 4.3.2 Social index 4.3.3 Segments of society 4.3.3.1 Giniall index 4.3.3.2 Ginilow index 4.3.3.3 Giniupper and Shareupper 4.3.4 Gini index and Lorenz curve 4.3.5 Generalized Entropy Measures 4.3.6 Standard errors and confidence intervals of the Gini index 4.3.7 Correlation coefficients 4.3.8 Descriptive analysis 4.3.8.1 Linear trend 4.3.8.2 LOESS regression 4.3.8.3 Boxplots 4.3.9 Significance testing 4.3.9.1 Comparison of median inequality measures between time groups and single sites 4.3.9.2 Variance in inequality measures between time groups 4.3.10 Chronological determinations 4.3.11 Effect and sample size 4.3.12 Analysis of quantity of grave goods, site size, material types, functional object groups and social inequality Chapter 5: Results and implications of the analysis 5.1 Measures of inequality: Statistical characteristics, correlations and limitations 5.1.1 General presentation of the individual Gini indices 5.2 General presentation of the individual Generalized Entropy Measures and the Shareupper 5.3 Correlations of the applied inequality measures 5.4 Boundaries of the analysis: Statistical significance, effect size and sample size 5.5 Trends in the development of inequality: Linear regression analysis 5.6 Trends in the development of inequality: The range of inequality measures 5.7 Temporal dynamics of inequality: LOESS regression analysis 5.7.1 First Meander: from 5200 to 3750 BCE 5.7.2 Second Meander: from 2100 to 1000 BCE 5.8 Inequality, social index and the quantity of grave goods 5.9 Distribution of the social index 5.10 Site size and inequality 5.11 Technology, resource access and inequality 5.11.1 Excursus: Craftsmen, warrior or hunter graves Chapter 6: Discussion 6.1 A development of social inequality? 6.2 A growing range of social inequalities 6.3 Methodological issues: Sample sizes Chapter 7: Conclusion and Outlook 7.1 Analysing the development of social inequality 7.2 Investigating the development of wealth-based segments 7.3 Contributing to methodological development 7.4 Discussing observations in relation to economic, environmental, and social processes Summary Summary in German References Appendices Appendix A: Cemetery/Site catalogue Appendix B: Object classes Appendix C: Results of the significance tests Results of the Wilcoxon test between three chronological groups Results of the Levene test between three chronological groups R-Codes Appendix D: Maps Appendix E: Lorenz curves Database and Supplements (online)

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