An ethnoarchaeological analysis of small prey bone assemblages produced by forest foragers of the Central African Republic
- Fancher, Jason
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This dissertation is an ethnoarchaeological analysis of small prey (<25 kg) bones produced by contemporary Bofi and Aka foragers of the Central African Republic. The interpretive benefits of understanding small prey use in prehistory are increasingly recognized, but specific data on processing and taphonomic patterning among small fauna are still relatively limited. This study contributes to the literature by descriptively detailing the taphonomic characteristics of culturally-produced damage (burning, cut marks, chop marks, and fracture patterns) for all prey species identified in the assemblage. It then explores these bone collections in a global context, comparing them to a range of other ethnographic, experimental, and archaeological st...
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