Part I : Theory 1. Introduction and polemic 2. Culture systems - the model 3. Cultural morphology and cultural ecology - the setting 4. Material culture systems - attribute and artefact 5. Artefact and type 6. Assemblage and culture 7. Culture and culture group 8. Culture group and technocomplex 9. Group ethnology 10. Summary - Entities and processes Part II : Method 11. Method of analysis 12. Numerical taxonomy and statistical aids 13. Computer methods and examples 14. Summary and conclusions