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The evolution of complex hunter-gatherers : archaeological evidence from the North Pacific /

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This book makes a contribution to the developing field of complex hunter-gatherer studies with an archaeological analysis of the development of one such group. This book examines the evolution of complex hunter-gatherers on the North Pacific coast of Alaska. It strives to account for the dynamics an...

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Main Author: Fitzhugh, Ben
Corporate Authors: SpringerLink (Online service), SpringerLink Ebook Collection
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: New York : Kluwer Academic/Plenun Publishers, [2003]
Series:Interdisciplinary contributions to archaeology.
Subjects:
Eskimos > Hunting > Alaska > Kodiak Region.
Eskimos > Alaska > Kodiak Region > Antiquities.
Hunting and gathering societies > Alaska > Kodiak Region.
Paleoecology > Alaska > Kodiak Region.
Excavations (Archaeology) > Alaska > Kodiak Region.
Social evolution.
Kodiak Region (Alaska) > Antiquities.
Antiquities.
Eskimos > Antiquities.
Eskimos > Hunting.
Excavations (Archaeology)
Hunting and gathering societies.
Paleoecology.
Alaska > Kodiak Region.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
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Summary:This book makes a contribution to the developing field of complex hunter-gatherer studies with an archaeological analysis of the development of one such group. This book examines the evolution of complex hunter-gatherers on the North Pacific coast of Alaska. It strives to account for the dynamics and processes that transformed a population from low density, disaggregated, relatively mobile, and relatively egalitarian organizations into the demographically dense, sedentary, aggregated, militaristic, and ranked/stratified populations around the North Pacific by the time of ethnographic contact. To do so, this book examines seven thousand years of archaeological history on the Kodiak Archipelago - a region that 250 years ago was part of a broader phenomenon of complex hunter-gatherers ringing the North American Pacific Northwest Coast from California to the Aleutian Islands. This is one of the first books available to examine in depth the social evolution of a specific complex hunter-gatherer tradition on the North Pacific Rim. As such, it provides readers with an intimate look at archaeological evidence integrated into a problem-oriented study of emergent complex hunter-gatherers.
Item Description:Electronic resource.
Physical Description:1 online resource (xiii, 332 pages) : illustrations
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references (pages 297-321) and index.
ISBN:9781461501374 (electronic bk.)
1461501377 (electronic bk.)