Pausanias Analysis - Maximum Degree of a Large-Place Neighbor

Maximum Degree of a Large-Place Neighbor

The largest graph-degree value found among the focal place's large operational neighbours.

Stored model field: large_place_max_degree

+0.046standardized coefficient

Survivescurrent direction

255observations summarized

Large-place connectionsfeature group

How It Is Calculated

For local neighbours that meet the large-place threshold, take the maximum place-graph degree; use zero when there is no such neighbour.

What a higher value means

At least one neighbouring large place has more distinct graph ties.

Important qualification. This is controlled by a single neighbour and can move when the MANTO network or large-place threshold changes.

Current Model Cohort

These descriptive statistics use the current labelled cohort after aliases have been collapsed to one row per MANTO place.

Group	N	Mean	Q3	Maximum
All labelled places	255	29	37	122
Survives	204	28	36	122
Does not survive	51	31	38	122

Examples from the Current Data

Examples are descriptive checks on the calculated feature. Their outcome labels report what Pausanias says; they do not establish that the feature caused survival or abandonment.

Examples with high recorded values

Place	MANTO ID	Value	Pausanias reports
🌍 Aigai (Achaia)	`10274676`	122	Does not survive
🌍 Aigina (city)	`10191987`	122	Survives
🌍 Aigina (island)	`9587597`	122	Survives
🌍 Cleonai (Chalcidice)	`11307139`	122	Survives
🌍 Cnidos (Asia Minor)	`11296918`	122	Survives
🌍 Eryx (Sicily)	`9603207`	122	Survives

Examples with low recorded values

Place	MANTO ID	Pausanias reports
🌍 Abia (Messenia)	`10113505`	Survives
🌍 Ace (Arcadia)	`10214517`	Survives
🌍 Acharnai (Attica)	`10153056`	Survives
🌍 Acriai (Laconia)	`10149418`	Survives
🌍 Aegina (Epidauria)	`11308185`	Survives
🌍 Agrai (Attica)	`10151548`	Survives

Interpretation in the Predictive Model

Its current standardized coefficient is +0.046, pointing toward survives. This means that a one-standard-deviation increase changes the fitted log odds in that direction while the other included features are held fixed.

Because the connectedness features are correlated and the model's out-of-fold performance is weak, this is a conditional association—not a standalone ranking, causal effect, or historical explanation.

Related Features

Data Scope

The feature is calculated from MANTO release 19446255 using evidence dated strictly before Pausanias.
The current labelled cohort contains 255 distinct MANTO places.
The prediction target is whether Pausanias reports a place as surviving or not surviving, not its modern archaeological condition.
Feature values and examples may change when MANTO releases, links, labels, or feature definitions are revised.

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