A model of hunter-gatherer skeletal element transport: The effect of prey body size, carriers, and distance

Journal of Human Evolution

Volumn 73, Issue , 2014, Pages 1-14

  Schoville, Benjamin J ^a   Otárola Castillo, Erik ^b,c  

^a ARIZONA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b IOWA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^c HARVARD UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

High survival elements; Optimal foraging theory; Shannon evenness index; Skeletal element profile; Skeletal transport models; Utility strategies

Indexed keywords

ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; DIVERSITY INDEX; FORAGING BEHAVIOR; FOSSIL ASSEMBLAGE; HUNTER-GATHERER; OPTIMUM FORAGING THEORY; PREHISTORIC; PREY SIZE; SKELETON;

ANIMAL; ARCHEOLOGY; BIOLOGICAL MODEL; BODY SIZE; CULTURAL ANTHROPOLOGY; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOMINID; HUMAN; PHYSIOLOGY;

ANIMALS; ANTHROPOLOGY, CULTURAL; ARCHAEOLOGY; BODY SIZE; FEEDING BEHAVIOR; FOOD CHAIN; HOMINIDAE; HUMANS; MODELS, BIOLOGICAL;

EID: 84905755789     PISSN: 00472484     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhevol.2014.06.004     Document Type: Article

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