The evolution of complex hunter-gatherers in the North Pacific: An archaeological case study from Kodiak Island, Alaska.

• Main Author: Fitzhugh, J. Benjamin
• Other Authors: Speth, John D.
• Format: Thesis
• Language: English
• Published: 1996
• Subjects: Alaska; Archaeological; Case; Complex; Evolution; Gatherers; Hunter; Island; Kodiak; North; Pacific; Study; Bear Island; Archipelago
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/2027.42/129986; http://gateway.proquest.com/openurl?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info:ofi/fmt:kev:mtx:dissertation&res_dat=xri:pqm&rft_dat=xri:pqdiss:9711963

This dissertation examines the evolution of complex hunter-gatherers in the North Pacific with an archaeological settlement study from the Kodiak Archipelago, Alaska. The central problem addressed concerns the evolution of inequality and rank. In particular, what in socio-cultural evolution compels...