Author : J. Benjamin Fitzhugh
Release : 1996
Genre : Hunting and gathering societies
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The Evolution of Complex Hunter-gatherers in the North Pacific - read free eBook in online reader or directly download on the web page. Select files or add your book in reader. Download and read online ebook The Evolution of Complex Hunter-gatherers in the North Pacific write by J. Benjamin Fitzhugh. This book was released on 1996. The Evolution of Complex Hunter-gatherers in the North Pacific available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. "The evolution of cultural complexity has been central to anthropological inquiry for more than a century, and recent decades have witnessed a flurry of interest in the processes giving rise to complex cultural organization. One trend in this research has been the closer examination of sequences of change near the 'beginning' of this process, that is the emergence of complexity and inequality among hunters and gatherers and horticultural groups ... In this thesis, I evaluate the proposition that complex hunting and gathering societies emerge from a synergy between population growth and asymmetrically distributed ecological and social risks. The case study used to evaluate this proposition examines a 7000 year trajectory of cultural change on Kodiak Island, in the Gulf of Alaska"--Leaf 1