Prehistoric hunter-gatherers

Description:

Book written by archaeologists on the subject of culture change and complexity. Focuses specifically on the emergence of cultural complexity among hunter-gatherers. Highlights the variety of adaptations that characterize prehistoric hunter-gatherers as well as delineating some of the primary features of social complexity. Includes a chapter: Whaling as an organizing focus in northwestern Alaskan Eskimo societies by Glenn W. Sheehan.

subjects: Hunting and gathering societies,  Prehistoric peoples,  Congresses,  Social evolution,  Cultural Anthropology,  Cross-Cultural Comparison,  Prehistoric peoples--congresses,  Social evolution--congresses,  Hunting and gathering societies--congresses,  Anthropology, cultural,  Cross-cultural comparison,  Gn741 .p74 1985