On the extremes of hunter-fisher-gatherers of America's Pacific Rim

These parallel developments and the recurrences in social organization in completely independent places have also been useful for deconstructing some assumptions about prehistoric Art, derived from modern concepts. The analysis of Pictures-Drawings-Engravings-Stencils must be situated in its historical context to show that there are also complex series of hierarchized traits in the systems of social relationships that can be effectively reflected archaeologically.