Title: The evolution of complex hunter-gatherers : archaeological evidence from the North Pacific /
Authors: Fitzhugh, Ben.
Publisher: Kluwer Academic/Plenun Publishers,
Year: 2003
Subjects: Eskimos Alaska Kodiak Region Hunting.; Eskimos Alaska Kodiak Region Antiquities.; Hunting and gathering societies Alaska Kodiak Region.; Paleoecology Alaska Kodiak Region.; Excavations (Archaeology) Alaska Kodiak Region.; Social evolution.; Eskimos Hunting Alaska Kodiak Region.; Kodiak Region (Alaska) Antiquities.
Contents: Chapter 1. The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers -- 1.1. Introduction -- 1.1.1. Social Complexity -- A Definition -- 1.1.2. Complex Hunter-Gatherers -- A Definition -- 1.2. The North Pacific Rim -- 1.2.1. Causality -- 1.3. Theoretical Orientation -- Chapter 2. The Kodiak Environment -- 2.1. The Physical Environment -- 2.2. Geology -- 2.3. Ecology -- 2.3.1. Terrestrial Ecozone -- 2.3.2. Littoral Ecozone -- 2.3.3. Marine Ecozone -- 2.3.4. Riverine Ecozone -- 2.4. Temporal Dimensions of Environmental Variability -- 2.4.1. Seasonal Scale Variability -- 2.4.2. Subseasonal Variation -- 2.4.3. Inter-annual Scale Variation -- 2.4.4. Long Scale Variation -- Chapter 3. A Historical Framework -- 3.1. Overview -- 3.2. Ocean Bay I and II (7500-3500 BP) -- 3.3. Ocean Bay to Kachemak Transition -- 3.4. Early Kachemak/Old Kiavak (3200-2500 BP) -- 3.5. Late Kachemak/Three Saints Phase (2500-800 BP) -- 3.6. Kachemak-Koniag: Transition, Discontinuity, or Replacement? --^