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prime-dominated mortality profile: a standalone construct

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Zooarchaeology

an animal age distribution weighted toward prime adults, taken as a sign of selective hunting, which Stiner used to compare hominin and other predators.

In zooarchaeology, prime-dominated mortality profile refers to an animal age distribution weighted toward prime adults, taken as a sign of selective hunting, which Stiner used to compare hominin and other predators. This meaning comes from Stiner (1990) in Journal of Anthropological Archaeology.[1]

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References

Stiner, M. C. (1990). The use of mortality patterns in archaeological studies of hominid predatory adaptations. Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, 9(4), 305-351. https://doi.org/10.1016/0278-4165(90)90010-b

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