ANP 443 Lecture Notes - Lecture 60: Hunter-Gatherer, Sucker Free, Franz Boas
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Camps temporary, associated with hunter gatherer societies, foraging. Hunted scavenged then brought back to camp to process. Associated with household refuse, midden situations, may be remains of domesticated animals hunted and domesticated animals. Steps in faunal analysis: identify bones, determine age and sex, determine whether result of human activity or natural process, look for meaningful assemblages. What are the limitations: how many bones belong to a certain class of animal, very strong clues about dietary preferences and adaptations people are making to their particular environment, able to see the percentage over time. Limitations: can be misleading maybe 150 bones you find from a single animal, that animal would be over represented. How is the mni useful: good for very large assemblage, refers to the number necessary to account for all the skeletal elements in the sample of a particular species.
