Quantitative historical analysis uncovers a single dimension of complexity that structures global variation in human social organization P Turchin, TE Currie, H Whitehouse, P François, K Feeney, D Mullins, ... Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 115 (2), E144-E151, 2018 | 205 | 2018 |
Seshat: The Global History Databank P Turchin, R Brennan, T Currie, K Feeney, P Francois, D Hoyer, ... Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution 6 (1), 2015 | 204 | 2015 |
A systematic assessment of “axial age” proposals using global comparative historical evidence DA Mullins, D Hoyer, C Collins, T Currie, K Feeney, P François, ... American Sociological Review 83 (3), 596-626, 2018 | 65 | 2018 |
Agricultural productivity in past societies: Toward an empirically informed model for testing cultural evolutionary hypotheses TE Currie, A Bogaard, R Cesaretti, N Edwards, P Francois, P Holden, ... Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution 6 (1), 2015 | 62 | 2015 |
Testing the Big Gods hypothesis with global historical data: a review and “retake” H Whitehouse, P François, PE Savage, D Hoyer, KC Feeney, E Cioni, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 13 (2), 124-166, 2023 | 34* | 2023 |
Rise of the war machines: Charting the evolution of military technologies from the Neolithic to the Industrial Revolution P Turchin, D Hoyer, A Korotayev, N Kradin, S Nefedov, G Feinman, ... PloS one 16 (10), e0258161, 2021 | 32 | 2021 |
Explaining the rise of moralizing religions: A test of competing hypotheses using the Seshat Databank P Turchin, H Whitehouse, J Larson, E Cioni, J Reddish, D Hoyer, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 13 (2), 167-194, 2023 | 31 | 2023 |
A history of possible futures: multipath forecasting of social breakdown, recovery, and resilience P Turchin, N Witoszek, S Thurner, D Garcia, R Griffin, D Hoyer, A Midttun, ... Cliodynamics 9 (2), 2018 | 27 | 2018 |
Disentangling the evolutionary drivers of social complexity: A comprehensive test of hypotheses P Turchin, H Whitehouse, S Gavrilets, D Hoyer, P François, JS Bennett, ... Science Advances 8 (25), eabn3517, 2022 | 25 | 2022 |
An Introduction to Seshat: Global History Databank P Turchin, H Whitehouse, P François, D Hoyer, A Alves, J Baines, D Baker, ... | 21 | 2020 |
Evolutionary pathways to statehood: Old theories and new data P Turchin, H Whitehouse, A Korotayev, P Francois, D Hoyer, P Peregrine, ... SocArXiv, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
Empirical Regularities Across Time, Space, and Culture: A Critical Review of Comparative Methods in Ancient Historical Research D Hoyer, JG Manning Historia: Zeitschrift für Alte Geschichte, 160-190, 2018 | 15 | 2018 |
Conclusion: was there ever an Axial Age? H Whitehouse, P François, E Cioni, J Levine, D Hoyer, J Reddish, ... Beresta Books, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
Seshat history of the axial age D Hoyer, J Reddish Beresta Books, 2019 | 13 | 2019 |
Money, culture, and well-being in Rome's economic development, 0-275 CE D Hoyer Brill, 2018 | 13 | 2018 |
The Equinox2020 seshat data release P Turchin, D Hoyer, J Bennett, K Basava, E Cioni, K Feeney, P Francois, ... Cliodynamics 11 (1), 2020 | 12 | 2020 |
Public feasting, elite competition, and the market economy of Roman North Africa D Hoyer The Journal of North African Studies 18 (4), 574-591, 2013 | 12 | 2013 |
Samnite Economy and the Competitive Environment of Italy, 5th - 3rd C. BC. D Hoyer Processes of Integration and Identity Formation in the Roman Republic (S …, 2012 | 11* | 2012 |
An integrative approach to estimating productivity in past societies using Seshat: Global History Databank P Turchin, T Currie, C Collins, J Levine, O Oyebamiji, NR Edwards, ... The Holocene 31 (6), 1055-1065, 2021 | 9 | 2021 |
Big Gods and big science: further reflections on theory, data, and analysis P Turchin, H Whitehouse, J Larson, E Cioni, J Reddish, D Hoyer, ... Religion, Brain & Behavior 13 (2), 218-231, 2023 | 6 | 2023 |