Rank-Size Convexity and System Integration: A View from Archaeology
研究了聚落等级规模分布从首位型到对数正态型再到凸型的变化，利用考古和历史数据表明凸性分布与低系统整合相关，并讨论了规模与边界问题。
Settlement rank-size distributions are shown to vary from primate through lognormal to convex. Archaeological and historical data are used to suggest that rank-size convexity can be attributed to low system integration. Both convex and primate distributions are discussed in terms of scale and boundary problems, and a statistical definition of system integration is used to suggest a process for the development of log-normal distributions.