Preface
SHUZO KOYAMA & DAVID HURST THOMAS: Introduction
KOMEI SASAKI: Keynote Address

PART I.　FORAGERS OF THE EASTERN PACIFIC COAST
DAVID HURST THOMAS: Complexity among Great Basin Shoshoneans: The World's Least Affluent Hunter-Gatherers?
RANDALL F. SCHALK: Land Use and Organizational Complexity among Foragers of Northwestern North America
M. A. BAUMHOFF: The Carrying Capacity of Hunter-Gatherers

PART II.　THE HIDA PROJECT: AN EXERCISE IN MID-RANGE THEORY
SHUZO KOYAMA: A Quantitative Study of Wild Food Resources: An Example from Hida
TOSHIO MATSUYAMA: Nut Gathering and Processing Methods in Traditional Japanese Villages
TOMOYA AKIMICHI: Riverine Fisheries in Nineteenth Century Hida

PART III. FORAGERS AND FARMERS OF THE WESTERN PACIFIC
JESUS T. PERALTA: Contemporary Incipient and Swidden Cultivation in the Philippines
K. C. CHANG: The Affluent Foragers in the Coastal Areas of China: Extrapolation firom Evidence on Transition to Agriculture
AKIFUMI OIKAWA & SHUZO KOYAMA: A Jomon Shellmound Database
YOSHINOBU KOTANI: Evidence of Plant Cultivation in Jomon Japan: Some Implications
TAKERU AKAZAWA: Maritime Adaptation of Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers and Their Transition to Agriculture in Japan

PART IV. COMPARISONS BETWEEN FORAGERS OF THE PACIFIC COASTS EAST AND WEST
C. MELVIN AIKENS: The Last 10,000 years in Japan and Eastern North America: Parallels in Environment, Economic Adaptation, Growth of Societal Complexity and the Adoption of Agriculture
MARK N. COHEN: Pacific Coast Foragers: AMuent or Overcrowded?

List of Contributors