Trophic dynamics, consumption strategies and bone alterations in the African savanna ecosystem: summary of an etho-archaeological research project (1991-1993)
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https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.1994.v51.i1.462Keywords:
Etho-archaelogy, Trophic dynamics, Selective pressure, Predator, Bone modification, Spatial analysisAbstract
The main results of a broad etho-archaeological research carried out in East Africa are succintly exposed. These provide an accurate explanation of the behavior exhibited by the main savanna and steppe predators with regard fo the process of carcass consumption, thereby creating a referential framework that can be useful for taphonomists. Carnivore behavior is accounted for in terms of its contextual variability, due to the changing selective pressure according to trophic dynamics. Therefore, the adaptive patterns of each predator are discussed and special emphasis is laid on the role played by ecology in shaping their behavior. Initial consumption strategies, bone accumulating agencies and contexts, the predatory range of each predator and bone modification patterns are the main subjects treated. As an innovative complement to these issues, the spatial analysis of bon
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1994-06-30
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Domínguez-Rodrigo, M. (1994). Trophic dynamics, consumption strategies and bone alterations in the African savanna ecosystem: summary of an etho-archaeological research project (1991-1993). Trabajos De Prehistoria, 51(1), 15–37. https://doi.org/10.3989/tp.1994.v51.i1.462
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