Multi-Taxa Neo-Taphonomic Analysis of Bone Remains from Barn Owl Pellets and Cross-Validation of Observations: A Case Study from Dominica (Lesser Antilles)

Paleo- and neo-taphonomic analyses of bone assemblages rarely consider all the occurring taxa in a single study works concerning birds prey as accumulators microvertebrate remains mostly focus on small mammals such rodents soricomorphs. However, raptors often hunt consume large range taxa, including vertebrates mammals, fishes, amphibians, squamates birds. Bone these taxonomic groups are numerous many paleontological archaeological records, especially cave deposits. To better characterize predators at origin fossil sub-fossil accumulations taphonomic history deposit, it is thus mandatory to conduct global multi-taxa approaches. The aim this provide an example approach through investigation modern assemblage from sample pellets produced by Lesser Antillean Barn Owl (Tyto insularis) island Dominica. We propose new methodology that allows us compare different (rodents, bats, birds) experiment with cross-validation process using two observers for each group test reliability observations.