Estimating the Ontogenetic Age and Sex Composition of Faunal Assemblages with Bayesian Multilevel Mixture Models
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Abstract Understanding the ontogenetic age and sex composition of zooarchaeological assemblages can reveal details about past human hunting herding strategies as well animal morphology behavior. As such, accuracy our estimates underlies ability to ascertain site formation gain insights into how people interacted with different animals in past. Unfortunately, typically rely on only a small number bones, limiting fruitfully use these make meaningful comparisons theoretical expectations or even between multiple assemblages. This paper describes method remains standard biometric measurements estimate assemblage, focused immature, adult-sized female, male specimens. The model uses Bayesian framework ensure that parameter are biologically meaningful. Simulated show accurately biometry Two archaeological case studies also be applied produce tangible insights. first, sheep from Neolithic Pinarbaşı B, highlights model’s elucidate function. second, cattle four 7th-6th millennium BCE northwestern Anatolia, showcases mixture modeling results compare one another specific hypotheses. provides new avenue for investigating long-term trajectories alongside contextual analyses choices butchery consumption.
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ژورنال
عنوان ژورنال: Journal of Archaeological Method and Theory
سال: 2023
ISSN: ['1573-7764', '1072-5369']
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/s10816-023-09611-y