@article{d7220365358c4df59d331caa616e6783,
title = "Food procurement and transport by human and non-human predators",
abstract = "This study investigates food procurement and transport habits of a variety of large social predators in order to develop reliable criteria for identifying hunting and scavenging strategies of hominids from Pleistocene archaeofaunas. The study is concerned with ungulates in the intermediate body size range and focuses upon anatomical composition of bone accumulations in natural shelters. The comparisons document strong links between predator strategies, assemblage size and anatomical content, and some spatial characteristics of food supply. By using non-human predator behaviours as an independent source of measurement, the study demonstrates significant niche separation between Middle and Upper Paleolithic hominids in Mediterranean Europe. Implications for actualistic studies of food transport by modern humans are discussed in light of these findings.",
keywords = "Carnivores, Cave faunas, Food transport, Hunting, Neanderthals, Scavenging",
author = "Stiner, {Mary C.}",
note = "Funding Information: Acknowledgements An early version of this paper was presented at the 1990 ICAZ meetings in Washington D.C., sponsored by the Smithsonian Institution. I am grateful to Lewis R. Binford, Steven L. Kuhn and Diane P. Gifford-Gonzalez for inspiration and critical evaluations during all of the stages of this work. I thank Gary Haynes and Lew Binford for access to unpublished information on modern hyaena and wolf dens, and to my European colleagues, A. G. Segre, E. Segre-Naldini, A. Bietti, P. Cassoli, D. Cocchi, C. Tozzi, and G. Manzi for their assistance and encouragement during the many episodes of data collection in Italy. The final version of this paper has benefited from constructive criticisms by Donald K. Grayson, Richard G. Klein, Robert D. Leonard, R. Lee Lyman, Preston Miracle, and an anonymous JAS reviewer. The research was supported by the American Association of University Women, the L.S.B. Leakey Foundation and the Institute for International Education (Fulbright Program).",
year = "1991",
month = jul,
doi = "10.1016/0305-4403(91)90038-Q",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "18",
pages = "455--482",
journal = "Journal of Archaeological Science",
issn = "0305-4403",
publisher = "Academic Press Inc.",
number = "4",
}