Interpreting abundance indices: Some zooarchaeological implications of Martu foraging

Journal of Archaeological Science

Volumn 37, Issue 12, 2010, Pages 3200-3210

  Codding, Brian F ^a   Bird, Douglas W ^a   Bliege Bird, Rebecca ^a  

^a STANFORD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Ethnoarchaeology; Gender division of labor; Human behavioral ecology; Resource intensification; Western Australia; Zooarchaeology

Indexed keywords

ABUNDANCE; ARCHAEOLOGY; BEHAVIORAL ECOLOGY; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; HUMAN BEHAVIOR; HUNTER-GATHERER; LABOR DIVISION; TAXONOMY;

AUSTRALIA; WESTERN AUSTRALIA;

EID: 77957229564     PISSN: 03054403     EISSN: 10959238     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2010.07.020     Document Type: Article

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