Table 2 Burial wealth stratification of societies

From: Inequality, power, population and hydraulic works: a quantitative approach unraveling the emergence of the earliest state in the prehistoric Yangtze Plain

Sites and periods (Jianghan plain)

Tiers

Gini Coefficient

Sites and periods (Dongtinghu plain)

Tiers

Gini Coefficient

SJH_YZL

3

0.485

PTS_Early PTS

2

0.32

SJH_Early QJL

2

0.424

BSD_Middle PTS

2

0.353

SJH_Middle QJL

2

0.604

BSD_Late PTS

2

0.43

SJH_SJH

7

0.687

CTS_DX I

2

0.561

SJH_XJWJ

8

0.758

CTS_DX II

6

0.683

LZ_YZL

2

0.544

CTS_DX III

4

0.457

YJM_Early QJL

3

0.374

CTS_DX IV

3

0.35

YJM_Middle QJL

7

0.256

CTS_QJL I

3

0.474

QJL_YZL

2

0.254

CTS_QJL II

3

0.516

FYT_YZL

2

0.332

CTS_QJL III

8

0.643

FYT_Early QJL

3

0.348

CTS_SJH

3

0.426

FYT_Middle QJL

2

0.142

TJG_TJG I

4

0.417

FYT_Late QJL

3

0.194

TJG_TJG II

3

0.393

JJL_Late QJL

3

0.352

TJG_TJG III

1

0.217

WJG_Late DX

2

0.291

HCG_Early QJL

7

0.433

WJG_Early QJL

2

0.31

HCG_SJH

2

0.213

XHY_SJH

5

0.256

SYG_QJL

1

0.295

ZLG_XJWJ

3

0.423

   

GMS_DX II

7

0.301

   

GMS_DX III

1

0.367

   

GMS_DX IV

3

0.306

   

GSM_Late QJL

2

0.232

   
  1. SJH Shijiahe, LZ Longzui, YJM Yejiamiao, QJL Qujialing, FYT Fangyingtai, JJL Jinjiling, WJG Wangjiagang, XHY Xihuayuan, ZLG Zaolingang, GMS Guanmiaoshan, PTS Pengtoushan, BSD Bashidang, TJG Tangjiagang, HCG Huachenggang, SYG Sanyuangong, CTS Chengtoushan; For the periods, YZL Youziling, QJL Qujialing, SJH Shijiahe, XJWJ Xiaojiawuj, PTS Pengtoushan, TJG Tangjiagang, DX Daxi.
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