Table 2.

Mediation centralization and political leadership inequality across four Tsimane villages.

village	population	density (n km−2)	distance to market (km)	conflicts per man over past 6 months	mediation centralizationa	political leadership inequalityb
Virje	610	38	114	1.2	49	69
Jatata	87	133	101	0.5	65	64
Ton'tumsi	458	187	32	1.7	75	86
Jinac	124	231	47	1.5	86	88

^aPer cent mediations by men in the top decile of political leadership within the village.

^bGini coefficients, weighted according to the maximum inequality obtainable from the leadership ranking method within each village [113].