Cliodynamics is a transdisciplinary area of research integrating historical macrosociology, cultural and social evolution, economic history/cliometrics, mathematical modeling of long-term social processes, and the construction and analysis of historical databases. Cliodynamics: The Journal of Quantitative History and Cultural Evolution is an international, peer-reviewed, open-access journal that publishes original articles advancing the state of theoretical knowledge in this transdisciplinary area. In the broadest sense, this theoretical knowledge includes general principles that explain the functioning, dynamics, and evolution of historical societies and specific models, usually formulated as mathematical equations or computer algorithms. Cliodynamics also has empirical content that deals with discovering general historical patterns, determining empirical adequacy of key assumptions made by models, and testing theoretical predictions with data from actual historical societies. A mature, or ‘developed theory’ thus integrates models with data; the main goal of Cliodynamics is to facilitate progress towards such theory in history and cultural evolution.
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Current Issue, Volume 14, Issue 1, 2023
Editor's Column
Editors’ Note: New Publication Policies at Cliodynamics
Hoyer, Daniel; Turchin, Peter; Goldstone, Jack; Korotayev, Andrey; Musieva, Jameelah
Articles
Exploring Phenomenological Models for Societal and Technological Transitions of the Neolithic Revolution and Early Civilization Formation.
LePoire, David John
Evolutionary radiation of mid-Holocene lanceolate points from the highlands of the South Central Andes
Muscio, Hernán Juan; Cardillo, Marcelo
Jewish Networks in the Spread of Early Christianity: A Mathematical Model of Marcionite and Lukan Christianities
Papoušek, Dalibor; Pospíšil, Zdeněk
The Benefits and Challenges of Linked Datasets for Cliodynamics and Comparative Anthropology
Basava, Kiran; François, Pieter; Whitehouse, Harvey
Book Reviews
A Textbook of Heterodox Economics
Turchin, Peter