Hypergraph Representations: A Study of Carib Attacks on Colonial Forces, 1509-1700

Network data consisting of recorded historical events can be represented as hyper-graphs where the ties or events can connect any number of nodes or event related attributes. In this paper, we perform a centrality analysis of a directed hypergraph representing attacks by indigenous peoples from the...

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Authors: Shafie, Termeh (Author) ; Schoch, David (Author) ; Mans, Jimmy 1982- (Author) ; Hofman, Corinne L. 1959- (Author) ; Brandes, Ulrik 1968- (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Université du Luxembourg 2017
In: Journal of historical network research
Year: 2017, Volume: 1, Pages: 52-70
Further subjects:B Centrality
B Caribbean Ethnohistory
B Directed Hypergraph
B Network Analysis
B Colonization
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Summary:Network data consisting of recorded historical events can be represented as hyper-graphs where the ties or events can connect any number of nodes or event related attributes. In this paper, we perform a centrality analysis of a directed hypergraph representing attacks by indigenous peoples from the Lesser Antilles on European colonial settlements, 1509-1700. The results of central attacks with respect to at- tacked colonial force, member of attack alliances, and year and location of attack are discussed and compared to a non-relational exploratory analysis of the data. This comparison points to the importance of a mixed methods approach to enhance the analysis and to obtain a complementary understanding of a network study.
ISSN:2535-8863
Contains:Enthalten in: Journal of historical network research
Persistent identifiers:DOI: 10.25517/jhnr.v1i1.6