Resolved pacification score (1 and 2 are not pacified)
1 = not pacified for all or part of time frame
2 = interred unpacified because frequency (for any type of warfare) is =>3
3 = not completely pacified; warfare has decreased
4 = pacified before the ethnographic present
7 = ambigious or contradictory
9 = not enough information

Variable 6 - Resolved Checks on leaders power code between two coders
1 = Few checks
2 = Sensitive to pressure
3 = Act after substantial support
4 = No independent leaders

Variable 7 - Resolved removal of leaders code between two coders
1 = Virtually none
2 = Institutionalized means
3 = No formal removal
4 = Support disappears

Variable 8 - Resolved leaders' need for consultation code between two coders
1 = Act independently
2 = Few independent decisions
3 = Persuasion not authority

Variable 10 - Resolved political participation--range of decision making code between two coders
1 = Many aspects
2 = Moderate number
3 = Relatively few
4 = Minimal decisions

Variable 11 - Resolved olitical participation; extent of involvement code between two coders
1 = Widespread
2 = High for some
3 = Moderate
4 = Low or nonexistent

Variable 30 - Resolved local political fission code between two coders
1 = Often move
2 = Sometimes move
3 = Rarely or never

Little Formalized Community Leadership--variables 6 and 7 are 3.75 or 4
0 = Some Community Leadership
1 = Little Community Leadership

State (1) Vs. Nonstate
0 = Nonstate
1 = State

Original Natural Hazards Score
1 = low
2 = threat of food-destroying natural hazards