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Zooarchaeology

a count of animals estimated from the frequency of each skeletal part divided by the times it occurs in one skeleton, used to study body-part transport.

In zooarchaeology, minimal animal units refers to a count of animals estimated from the frequency of each skeletal part divided by the times it occurs in one skeleton, used to study body-part transport. 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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