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Modeling the Coevolution of Religion and Coordination in Balinese Rice Farming

Resource added September, 2019

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Pdf
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September 03, 2019
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pdf
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2 MB
publisher
University of Minnesota Press
publisher place
Minneapolis, MN
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All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publisher.
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Copyright 2019 by the Regents of the University of Minnesota

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A simulation-based analysis of the origin of cultural coherence focused on the spread of religious patterns specific to rice-growing regions in southern Bali, demonstrating how a gradual process of individuals with different cultural variants can influence each other by variation in harvest success to yield coherence, especially when communication occurs infrequently.

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