Studying prehistoric hunting proficiency: Applying Optimal Foraging Theory to the Middle Palaeolithic and Middle Stone Age

Quaternary International

Volumn 252, Issue , 2012, Pages 3-15

  Dusseldorp, Gerrit Leendert ^a,b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF THE WITWATERSRAND   (South Africa)

^b LEIDEN UNIVERSITY   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BONE; ECOLOGICAL THEORY; ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; EEMIAN; EXPLOITATION; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HOMINID; HUNTING; PALEOLITHIC; PREHISTORIC; PREY PREFERENCE; PREY SELECTION; STONE AGE;

GERMANY; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 84856614092     PISSN: 10406182     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.quaint.2011.04.024     Document Type: Article

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