Greater post-Neolithic wealth disparities in Eurasia than in North America and Mesoamerica

How wealth is distributed among households provides insight into the fundamental characters of societies and the opportunities they afford for social mobility. However, economic inequality has been hard to study in ancient societies for which we do not have written records, which adds to the challen...

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Main Authors: Kohler, T, Smith, M, Bogaard, A, Feinman, G, Petersen, C, Betzenhauser, A, Pailes, M, Stone, E, Prentiss, A, Dennehy, T, Ellyson, L, Nicholas, L, Faulseit, R, Styring, A, Whitlam, J, Fochesato, M, Foor, T, Bowles, S
Format: Journal article
Published: Springer Nature 2017