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Zooarchaeology

a ranking of animal body parts by their food value, used to interpret which parts people carried off or left behind.

In zooarchaeology, general utility index refers to a ranking of animal body parts by their food value, used to interpret which parts people carried off or left behind. This meaning comes from Binford (1978) in Nunamiut ethnoarchaeology.[1]

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References

Binford, L. R. (1978). Nunamiut ethnoarchaeology. Academic Press. ISBN 9780121000400

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