Small prey hunting technology and zooarchaeological measures of taxonomic diversity and abundance: Ethnoarchaeological evidence from Central African forest foragers

Journal of Anthropological Archaeology

Volumn 24, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 335-353

  Lupo, Karen D ^a   Schmitt, Dave N ^a  

^a WASHINGTON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Abundance indices; Diversity; Ethnoarchaeology; Foragers; Prey choice; Small prey; Technology; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

EID: 28244501316     PISSN: 02784165     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jaa.2005.02.002     Document Type: Article

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