Profiles in Cultural Evolution: Papers from a Conference in Honor of Elman R. Service

Description

Editors: Rambo, A. Terry and Gillogly, Kathleen

Publisher: Museum of Anthropology, University of Michigan

Pub Date: 1991

Binding: Paperback

Condition: Fair.  Binding tight.  No tears.  Previous owner’s name on upper corner title page near spine head.  Lower front cover corner has an approx. 1/4″ bend that extends through almost half the volume.

Notes: Anthropological Papers No. 85.  Service (1915-1996).  A combination of conference papers and festschrift.   Papers range from cultures in Venezuela and Colombia in South America to Indonesia, Thailand and Australia.  Service is best know for his theory of the four stages of social and political evolution–band, tribe, chiefdom, and state.  For a brief biography of Service, see https://alba-valb.org/volunteers/elman-roger-service/