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pp. xx 403.’This book explores the conceptual basis for the events and processes in the prehistory of the Athapaskans, one of the most wide-spread peoples in western North America. The author bases his research on the premise that social structure is not passively dependent on the technological and economic bases of society, and argues that, ultimately, kinship is the idiom through which economic relationships are expressed among the Northern Athapaskans. An interdisciplinary treatment of Northern Athapaskan prehistory, this volume is of interest to those studying kinship and social structure and to hunter-gatherer specialists, ethnohistorians, fur-trade scholars, and archeologists looking for concrete examples of how social structure and economic strategies are inter-connected. ” paperback edition,