Theory of Culture Change: The methodology of Multilinear evolution

I. introduction  i 

II. concepts and methods  9 

1. MULTILINEAR EVOLUTION: EVOLUTION AND PROCESS  11
 2. THE CONCEPT AND METHOD OF CULTURAL ECOLOGY  30
3. LEVELS OF SOCIOCULTURAL INTEGRATION: AN OPERATIONAL CONCEPT  43
4. NATIONAL SOCIOCULTURAL SYSTEMS  64 
5. CULTURE AREA AND CULTURAL TYPE IN ABORIGINAL AMERICA: METHODOLOGICAL CONSIDERATIONS  78 

III. substantive applications  99 

6. THE GREAT BASIN SHOSHONEAN INDIANS: AN EXAMPLE OF A FAMILY LEVEL OF SOCIOCULTURAL INTEGRATION  101 
7. THE PATRILINEAL BAND  122 
8. THE COMPOSITE HUNTING BAND  143 
9. LINEAGE TO CLAN: ECOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF SOUTHWESTERN SOCIETY  151
10. VARIATION IN ECOLOGICAL ADAPTATION: THE CARRIER INDIANS  173
11. DEVELOPMENT OF COMPLEX SOCIETIES: CULTURAL CAUSALITY AND LAW: A TRIAL FORMULATION OF THEDEVELOPMENT OF EARLY CIVILIZATIONS  178
12. ANALYSIS OF COMPLEX CONTEMPORARY SOCIETIES: CULTURE PATTERNS OF PUERTO RICO  210 
 
 bibliography  223 
 
index  237