A Measurement of Creativity in Western Civilization
Charles Edward Gray
It is surprising that anthropologists have neglected the study of creativity (artistic and philosophical) in higher civilizations clustering at times genius—especially strange almost no one has followed up Kroeber's analysis this his Configurations Culture Growth. The epicyclical theory made possible prediction curve during evolutions Graeco-Roman Western civilizations. A five-year empirical, quantitative civilization, with resultant name lists attached as on appendix to paper, resulted a substantially predicted; it proved identical conclusions Configurations. An earlier (1958) for civilization had same results, Kroeber acknowledged.
American Anthropologist