An R interface to the anthropology database, D-Place.
To install from this repository:
require(devtools)
install_github("matthewgthomas/dplacer")
library(dplacer)At the moment, the package can do the following:
- Fetch details about the full set of societies in D-Place:
societies <- dplace_all_societies()
head(societies)
# id ext_id xd_id name original_name alternate_names focal_year region language.id
# 1 843 Ah12 xd301 Basakomo Basakomo (Ah12) Bassa-Komo 1920 8 1
# 2 842 Ah11 xd300 Basa Basa (Ah11) Bassa 1950 8 1
# 3 600 Sf8 xd1381 Piro Piro (Sf8) Nomole 1950 48 2
# 4 1877 B13 xd907 Agta (Isabela) Agta (Isabela) (B13) 1979 27 3
# 5 930 Ai47 xd378 Mao Mao (Ai47) 1939 10 4
# 6 931 SCCS32 xd378 Mao Mao (SCCS32) 1939 NA 4
# language.name language.glotto_code language.iso_code language.family.id language.family.scheme
# 1 Basa (Nigeria) basa1282 bzw 1 G
# 2 Basa (Nigeria) basa1282 bzw 1 G
# 3 Yine yine1238 pib 2 G
# 4 Agta-Pahanan agta1234 apf 3 G
# 5 Hozo hozo1236 hoz 4 G
# 6 Hozo hozo1236 hoz 4 G
# language.family.name language.family.language_count source.id source.year source.author
# 1 Atlantic-Congo 314 1 1999 Murdock et al.
# 2 Atlantic-Congo 314 1 1999 Murdock et al.
# 3 Arawakan 14 1 1999 Murdock et al.
# 4 Austronesian 139 4 2001 Binford
# 5 Mao 1 1 1999 Murdock et al.
# 6 Mao 1 2 1969 Murdock
# source.reference
# 1 Murdock, G. P., R. Textor, H. Barry, III, D. R. White, J. P. Gray, and W. T. Divale. 1999. Ethnographic Atlas. World Cultures 10:24-136 (codebook)
# 2 Murdock, G. P., R. Textor, H. Barry, III, D. R. White, J. P. Gray, and W. T. Divale. 1999. Ethnographic Atlas. World Cultures 10:24-136 (codebook)
# 3 Murdock, G. P., R. Textor, H. Barry, III, D. R. White, J. P. Gray, and W. T. Divale. 1999. Ethnographic Atlas. World Cultures 10:24-136 (codebook)
# 4 Binford, L. 2001. Constructing Frames of Reference: An Analytical Method for Archaeological Theory Building Using Hunter-gatherer and Environmental Data Sets. University of California Press
# 5 Murdock, G. P., R. Textor, H. Barry, III, D. R. White, J. P. Gray, and W. T. Divale. 1999. Ethnographic Atlas. World Cultures 10:24-136 (codebook)
# 6
# source.name location.coordinates.x location.coordinates.y
# 1 Ethnographic Atlas 7.00 8.00
# 2 Ethnographic Atlas 8.00 8.00
# 3 Ethnographic Atlas -73.00 -12.00
# 4 Binford Hunter-Gatherer 122.05 17.48
# 5 Ethnographic Atlas 35.00 9.00
# 6 NA NA
# original_location.coordinates.x original_location.coordinates.y
# 1 7.00 8.00
# 2 8.00 8.00
# 3 -73.00 -12.00
# 4 122.05 17.48
# 5 35.00 9.00
# 6 NA NA- Get data about an individual society:
saami <- dplace_society("Cg4")
head(saami)
# $soc_name
# [1] "Sami (Cg4)"
#
# $soc_source
# [1] "Ethnographic Atlas"
#
# $original_name
# [1] "Lapps (Cg4)"
#
# $lang_family
# [1] "Uralic"
#
# $lang_dialect
# [1] "Lule Sami "
#
# $alt_names
# [1] "Lapps"- Fetch cultural codes and variables:
codes <- dplace_codes()
vars <- dplace_variables()If you use this package to download a lot of data from D-Place, please remember to scrape responsibly!
More features to come!