Selective transport of animal parts by ancient hunters: A new statistical method and an application to the Emeryville Shellmound Fauna

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 28, Issue 7, 2001, Pages 763-773

  Rogers, Alan R ^a   Broughton, Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

ABCML; Attrition; Bone transport; Emeryville; Foraging theory; Maximum likelihood; Statistics; Taphonomy; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; HUNTING; METHODOLOGY; TRANSPORT PROCESS;

CALIFORNIA; UNITED STATES;

EID: 0034946096     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1006/jasc.2000.0601     Document Type: Article

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