A model of central place forager prey choice and an application to faunal remains from the Mimbres Valley, New Mexico

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 1-25

  Cannon, Michael D ^a  

^a SOUTHERN METHODIST UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Central place foraging; Foraging theory; Mimbres; Mogollon; Resource depression; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 0037360048     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0278-4165(03)00002-3     Document Type: Review

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