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Record Nr.

UNINA9910821947303321

Titolo

Maritime adaptations of the Pacific / editor Richard W. Casteel, George I. Quimby

Pubbl/distr/stampa

The Hague, : Mouton

Chicago, : distributed by Aldine, c1975

ISBN

3-11-087990-5

Edizione

[Reprint 2011]

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (332 pages) : illustrations

Collana

World anthropology

Altri autori (Persone)

CasteelRichard W

QuimbyGeorge I <1913-2003.> (George Irving)

Disciplina

301.29/9

Soggetti

Maritime anthropology

Ethnology - Pacific Area

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographies and indexes.

Nota di contenuto

Front matter -- INTRODUCTION: Maritime Anthropology / CASTEEL, RICHARD W. / QUIMBY, GEORGE I. -- The Effects of Social Change on Marine Technology in a Pacific Atoll Community / NASON, JAMES D. -- Some Studies of the Influences of Prehistoric Human Predation on Marine Animal Population Dynamics / SHAWCROSS, WILFRED -- Problems of the Origin of Ancient Sea Hunter's Cultures in the Northern Pacific / VASILIEVSKY, R. S. -- Cultural and Social Change in the Modes of Ownership of Stone Tidal Weirs / NISHIMURA, ASAHITARO -- Early Maritime Cultural Orientations in Prehistoric Chile / TRUE, D. L. -- Fishing Effort in the Aboriginal Fisheries of the Santa Barbara Region, California: An Ethnohistorical Appraisal / LANDBERG, LEIF C. W. -- Technological Continuity and Change within a Persistent Maritime Adaptation: Kodiak Island, Alaska / CLARK, DONALD W. -- On the Distribution of Kuskowagamuit Fishcamps: A Study in the Ecology of Adaptative Radiation / MADDOX, DARRYL M. -- Traditional and Contemporary Fishing Cultures on the Soviet Pacific Coast / TAKSAMI, CHUNER M. -- Chinese Fishermen in Hong Kong and in Malaysia / ANDERSON, Ε. N. -- Prehistoric Fauna and Economy in the Solomon Islands / CRAM, C. L. -- The Risks of Dietary Change: A Pacific Atoll Example / POLLOCK, NANCY J. -- Marine Fishing in Archaeological Perspective: Techniques for Determining Fishing Strategies / COUTTS,



PETER J. F. -- Biographical Notes -- Index of Names -- Index of Subjects

Sommario/riassunto

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