Table S1.
Summary of data for ethnolinguistic groups in Central California, including rates of violence (CCBD cal 1530–230 BP), territory size, population density, environmental productivity, and political complexity
| Ethnographic group | Total number of burials assessed for sharp force trauma | Proportion with evidence for sharp force trauma | Total number of burials assessed for blunt force trauma | Proportion with evidence for blunt force trauma | Area of territory (km2) | Population density (people per km2)* | Mean net primary productivity* | Political leadership (PPO 332)† | Political organization (PPO 334)‡ |
| Bay Miwok | 262 | 0.08 | 225 | 0.03 | 636 | 0.25 | 0.54 | 3 | 2 |
| Central Sierra Miwok | 11 | 0.09 | 11 | 0.00 | 4,322 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 3 | 1 |
| Coast Miwok | 31 | 0.13 | 35 | 0.14 | 3,540 | 0.54 | 1.14 | 2 | 2 |
| Costanoan | 2,177 | 0.05 | 2,239 | 0.04 | 15,373 | 0.93 | 0.8 | 2 | 2 |
| Hill Nomlaki | 89 | 0.03 | 92 | 0.01 | 5,422 | 0.35 | 0.66 | 3 | 2 |
| Hill Patwin | 37 | 0.14 | 34 | 0.00 | 5,061 | 0.82 | 0.62 | 3 | 2 |
| Konkow | 127 | 0.06 | 122 | 0.05 | 5,746 | 0.82 | 0.61 | 6 | 2 |
| Nisenan | 60 | 0.23 | 46 | 0.00 | 11,009 | 0.4 | 0.53 | 3 | 3 |
| Northeastern Maidu | 9 | 0.22 | 9 | 0.00 | 8,564 | 0.24 | 0.44 | 3 | 2 |
| Northern Sierra Miwok | 60 | 0.07 | 65 | 0.00 | 5,193 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 3 | 1 |
| Northern Valley Yokuts | 188 | 0.05 | 202 | 0.06 | 17,374 | 0.22 | 0.47 | 3 | 2 |
| Plains Miwok | 343 | 0.16 | 321 | 0.06 | 3,722 | 0.76 | 0.55 | 3 | 2 |
| River Nomlaki | 7 | 0.00 | 7 | 0.29 | 5,422 | 0.35 | 0.66 | 3 | 2 |
| River Patwin | 63 | 0.38 | 62 | 0.05 | 2,184 | 0.82 | 0.62 | 3 | 2 |
| Southern Patwin | 288 | 0.03 | 299 | 0.02 | 3,261 | 0.82 | 0.62 | 3 | 2 |
| Southern Sierra Miwok | 139 | 0.27 | 130 | 0.02 | 3,916 | 0.26 | 0.48 | 3 | 1 |
| Wappo | 1 | 0.00 | 0 | NA | 1,265 | 1.21 | 1.03 | 3 | 2 |
| Wintu | 6 | 0.00 | 7 | 0.29 | 9,480 | 0.59 | 0.77 | 3 | 2 |
| Yana | 41 | 0.05 | 41 | 0.12 | 5,865 | 0.31 | 0.59 | 3 | 2 |
| Total | 3,939 | 3,947 |