Northwest Coast cultures have long held a central place in anthropology. Recently, the coast
has become important in two major topics of theoretical interest: 1. the existence and …

This volume provides a descriptive overview of the cultural complexity on the northwest
coast that stretches from northern California to Alaska. Topics covered range from the …

Inequalities may have always existed in human societies, at least at the level of relationships
between individuals (eg, Bender 1989; Olszewski 1991), relationships that are fluid …

The Plateau culture area of northwestern North America fits the criteria of an interaction
sphere. Understanding the general cultural dynamics responsible for the creation of …

The tension between hierarchy and communalism is a prominent feature of social life in
transegalitarian societies. How are hierarchy and communalism combined in these …

Geologic evidence suggests that great (magnitude 8 or larger) earthquakes, or series of
such earthquakes, occurred six times in the past 3000 yr at the northern Cascadia …

Genetic analyses are an important contribution to wildlife reintroductions, particularly in the
modern context of extirpations and ecological destruction. To address the complex historical …

Fire hearths associated with prehistoric Native American occupation lie within the youngest
buried lowland soil of the estuaries along the Salmon and Nehalem rivers on the northern …

Two modes of whale use have been documented on the Northwest Coast of North America,
namely systematic whale hunting and whale scavenging. Ethnographically, systematic …

Archaeological materials in museum collections provide an excellent opportunity for
researchers to investigate social, cultural, and environmental change. However, the …