Faunal Assemblage Structure Suggests a Limited Impact of the Introduction of Domestic Stock on Later Stone Age Subsistence Economies in South Africa

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• 作者：G. L. Dusseldorp
• 关键词：South Africa ; Later Stone Age ; Pastoralism ; Herding ; Hunter ; gatherers ; Optimal Foraging Theory
• 刊名：African Archaeological Review
• 出版年：2016
• 出版时间：December 2016
• 年：2016
• 卷：33
• 期：4
• 页码：363-383
• 全文大小：1,254 KB
• 刊物类别：Humanities, Social Sciences and Law
• 刊物主题：Social Sciences
  Archaeology
  Anthropology
  Regional and Cultural Studies
  
• 出版者：Springer Netherlands
• ISSN：1572-9842
• 卷排序：33

文摘

Livestock remains appear in the South African archaeological record around 2100 years ago. However, the economic importance of domestic animals in Later Stone Age subsistence is debated. This paper adopts an approach rooted in Optimal Foraging Theory to examine if the introduction of livestock is reflected in changing taxonomic diversity of faunal assemblages. Based on the analysis of a database of 300+ faunal assemblages, it is concluded that the economic importance of livestock during the final Later Stone Age of South Africa was relatively limited.