The Evolution of Complex Hunter-Gatherers
Subtitle: Archaeological Evidence from the North Pacific (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology)
Edition: 1 edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: July 31, 2003
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 336
ISBN-13: 9780306478536
Subjects: Sociology, Social Studies; United States - State & Local - General; Hunting; Archaeology; Social Science; History - U.S; Sociology; Alaska; Hunting and gathering societies; Anthropology - General; History / United States / State & Local; Social Science / Archaeology; Social Science-Anthropology - General; Social Science-Archaeology; Antiquities; Eskimos; Kodiak Region
First sentence: When Russians made contact with the natives of Kodiak (Kodiak Alutiiq or Koniag) in the second half of the 18th century, they encountered one of the most densely populated and militarily impenetrable societies in the North Pacific (Burch, 1988b).