NASH, Ronald J. (ed.). The Evolution of Maritime Cultures on the Northeast and the Northwest Coasts of America. (Burnaby, B.C.) : Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, (1983). Pp (1),ii-viii,1-236,(2). Maps. 4to, illustrated white card covers, letered in black. Department of Archaeology, Simon Fraser University, Publications No. 11. Contents : "Preface" by Ronald J. Nash; "The Progress and Process of Theory Building: The Northeast and Northwest Coasts" by Ronald J. Nash; "Method and Theory in Northwest Coast Archaeology" by Roy L. Carlson; "Social and Political Complexity on the East Coast: The Micmac Case" by Virginia P. Miller; "Tribes and Chiefdoms of the Northwest Coast: The Tsimshian Case" by Donald H. Mitchell; "A Comparison of Sea-Levels and Prehistoric Cultural Developments on the East and West Coasts of Canada" by Knut R. Fladmark; "On Explaining Changes in Prehistoric Coastal Economies: The View from Casco Bay" by David R. Yesner; "Cultural Complexity in Maritime Cultures: Evidence from Penobscot Bay, Maine" byArthur E. Spiess, Bruce J. Bourque, and Steven L. Cox; "Models of Coastal Adaptation: The Northwest Coast and Maritimes" by Robert Whitlam; "Intensification and the Development of Cultural Complexity:Thye Northwest versus the Northeast Coast" by R.G. Matson; "Settlement Location Determinants: An Explanation of Some Northwest Coast Data" by Philip M. Hobler; "Cultural Complexity and Evolution in the Development of Coastal Adaptations Among the Micmac and Coast Salish" by David V. Burley; "Towards a General Model of the Evolution of Ranking Among Foragers" by Kenneth M. Ames; "Overview" by David Sanger. Rubbed, penned name, else very good. Uncommon. 135.00