DOI: 10.1016/j.quascirev.2017.11.018
Scopus记录号: 2-s2.0-85035087350
论文题名: Compositional variability in Mediterranean archaeofaunas from Upper Paleolithic Southwest Europe
作者: Jones E.L.
刊名: Quaternary Science Reviews
ISSN: 2773791
出版年: 2018
卷: 184 起始页码: 107
结束页码: 113
语种: 英语
英文关键词: Cluster analysis
; Elevational gradient
; Latitudinal gradient
; Longitudinal gradient
; NMDS
; Western Mediterranean
; Zooarchaeology
Scopus关键词: Geology
; Natural sciences
; Elevational gradients
; Latitudinal gradients
; Longitudinal gradients
; NMDS
; Western Mediterranean
; Zooarchaeology
; Cluster analysis
; Mammalia
英文摘要: Recent meta-analyses of Upper Paleolithic Southwestern European archaeofaunas (Jones, 2015, 2016) have identified a consistent “Mediterranean” cluster from the Last Glacial Maximum through the early Holocene, suggesting similarities in environment and/or consistency in hunting strategy across this region through time despite radical changes in climate. However, while these archaeofaunas from this cluster all derive from sites located within today's Mediterranean bioclimatic region, many of them are from locations far from the Mediterranean Sea – Atlantic Portugal, the Spanish Meseta – which today differ significantly from each other in biotic composition. In this paper, I explore clustering (through cluster analysis and non-metric multidimensional scaling) within the Mediterranean archaeofaunal group. I test for the influence of sample size as well as the geographic variables of site elevation, latitude, and longitude on variability in the large mammal portions of archaeofaunal assemblages. ANOVA shows no relationship between cluster-defined groups and site elevation or longitude; instead, site latitude appears to be a primary contributor to patterning. However, the overall compositional similarity of the Mediterranean archaeofaunas in this dataset suggests more consistency than variability in Upper Paleolithic hunting strategy in this region. © 2017 Elsevier Ltd Citation statistics:
资源类型: 期刊论文
标识符: http://119.78.100.158/handle/2HF3EXSE/112280
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作者单位: University of New Mexico, Department of Anthropology, MSC01-1040, Anthropology 1, Albuquerque, NM 87131, United States
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Jones E.L.. Compositional variability in Mediterranean archaeofaunas from Upper Paleolithic Southwest Europe[J]. Quaternary Science Reviews,2018-01-01,184