Evaluating the Economic Significance of Sharks,Skates, and Rays (Elasmobranchs) in Prehistoric Economies |
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| Institution: | 1. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-1218, U.S.A.;2. Department of Anthropology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106-3210, U.S.A.;3. Department of Anthropology, University of Oregon, Eugene, OR, 97403-1218, U.S.A.;1. Newcastle University, School of Marine Science and Technology, NE1 7RU, UK;2. Institute of Marine Sciences, Dar es Salaam University, Zanzibar, Tanzania;1. Department Biomaterials, Max Planck Institute of Colloids & Interfaces, Potsdam, Germany;2. Division of Clinical and Functional Anatomy, Medical University of Innsbruck, Innsbruck, Austria;3. Julius Wolff Institute, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany;4. Department for Restorative and Preventive Dentistry, Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, Germany;5. Department Visualization and Data Analysis, Zuse Institute Berlin, Germany;6. Department of Biology, The University of Tampa, 401 W. Kennedy Blvd, Tampa, FL, USA;7. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA;8. Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Ottawa, Canada;1. Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Department of Biomaterials, Am Muehlenberg 1, 14424 Potsdam, Germany;2. Paris-Lodron-University of Salzburg, Department of Chemistry and Physics of Materials, 5020 Salzburg, Austria;3. John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;4. Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA 02138, USA;5. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Virginia Tech, 635 Prices Fork Road, Blacksburg, VA 24060, USA;6. Institute of Marine Sciences, University of California, Santa Cruz, CA 95060, USA;7. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA 19122, USA;8. Ludwig Boltzmann Institute of Osteology at the Hanusch Hospital of WGKK and AUVA, Trauma Centre Meidling, 1st Medical Dept., Hanusch Hospital, Vienna, Austria;9. B CUBE, Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Tatzberg 41, 01307 Dresden, Germany;1. College of Marine and Environmental Sciences, James Cook University, Townsville QLD 4811, Australia;2. ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies, James Cook University, Townsville, QLD 4811, Australia;3. Department of Botany, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI 96822, USA;1. Zinman Institute of Archaeology, University of Haifa, Israel;2. McDonald Institute for Archaeological Research University of Cambridge, UK;3. Israel Antiquities Authority, 61012 Tel Aviv, Israel;4. Beit Margolin Biological Collections, Oranim Academic College, Kiryat Tivon, Israel |
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| Abstract: | Establishing the significance of elasmobranchs in ancient economies is complicated by a variety of biological and taphonomic problems that hinder NISP, MNI, and weight measures and comparisons with other fish or faunal classes. To help address these problems, we present length and live weight estimates for 53 elasmobranch specimens, along with bone weight to edible meat weight ratios for 38 specimens. We argue that quantification is best accomplished using NISP and MNI measures in conjunction with meat weight estimates obtained from modern specimens. These data illustrate the importance of using multiple quantitative measures (i.e., NISP, MNI, weight, etc.) when evaluating the economic significance of various taxa within faunal assemblages. |
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