Beyond Depression? A Review of the Optimal Foraging Theory Literature in Zooarchaeology and Archaeobotany

<p>The use of optimal foraging theory in archaeology has been criticized for focusing heavily on “negative” human-environmental interactions, particularly anthropogenic resource depression, in which prey populations are reduced by foragers’ own foraging activities. In addition, some researcher...

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Main Authors: Emily Lena Jones, David A. Hurley
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Society of Ethnobiology 2017-04-01
Series:Ethnobiology Letters
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Online Access:http://ojs.ethnobiology.org/index.php/ebl/article/view/786