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Of Men and Herds in Barrenland Prehistory. Bryan H. C. Gordon. Archaeological Survey of Canada, Paper No. 28, National Museum of Man, Mercury Series, Ottawa, 1975. xxiii + 541 pp., illus. $5.75.

McCartney who compares and contrasts the maritime adaptations in cold archipelagoes, particularly the Aleutians and Tierra del Fuego. He suggests that in such comparable environments we may predict within variable latitudes what subsistence adaptations are most likely to develop. Over time, successful adaptations were accomplished and persisted for millennia. The concluding chapter by Fitzhugh, while focused on his data from Labrador, "tests expectations of similarity between cultures which are not historically related but which share common features due to convergent evolution in similar habitats." He believes that while many regional traditions of the northern maritime zone have considerable time depth, they do not show evidence of population replacement or striking cultural change. The most stable northern groups have a maritime adaptation, but many also have an inland hunting season. The northern areas, however, allowed the populations to progress to only a definable limit toward "civilization." Many of the older hypotheses of northern cultural development and spread have been constructively reviewed and abandoned and the newer theoretical proposals in these chapters will now be subject to the scrutiny of the future.