Prey spatial structure and behavior affect archaeological tests of optimal foraging models: Examples from the Emeryville Shellmound vertebrate fauna

World Archaeology

Volumn 34, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 60-83

  Broughton, Jack M ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF UTAH   (United States)

Author keywords

Age composition; Emeryville shellmound; Foraging theory; Relative abundance indices; Resource depression; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGICAL EVIDENCE; FAUNA; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HISTORICAL GEOGRAPHY; PREHISTORIC; SUBSISTENCE; VERTEBRATE;

UNITED STATES;

EID: 0036290181     PISSN: 00438243     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00438240220134269     Document Type: Article

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