Faunal remains from Porc-Epic
Paleoecological and zooarchaeological investigations from a Middle Stone Age site in southeastern Ethiopia
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 5896232 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Zelalem Assefa (0000-0001-7161-8535, National Museum of Natural History, corresponding author) |
| Year | 2006 |
| Volume | 51 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 50-75 |
| Publication date | 2006-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Journal of Human Evolution (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0047-2484 • E-ISSN: 1095-8606 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.jhevol.2006.01.004 |
| PMID | 16545861 |
| OpenAlex | W2068480289 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 60 |
| References cited | 96 |
Acheulean · Archaeology · Assemblage (archaeology · Biology · Cave · Fauna · Faunal assemblage · Geography · Middle Paleolithic · Middle Stone Age · Paleoecology · Pleistocene · Predation · Range (aeronautics · Taphonomy · Taxon · Zooarchaeology · Ecology · Forensic Anthropology and Bioarchaeology Studies · Geology · Paleontology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Primate Behavior and Ecology
Characterization of new obsidian sources, artifact provenance, and inferred patterns of mobility and social dynamics in the Ethiopian Middle Stone Age
Cercopithecid Monkeys From the Pleistocene Markaytoli Site at Ledi‐Geraru, Afar Region, Ethiopia
The shaft‐based methodological approach to the quantification of long limb bones and its relevance to understanding hominid subsistence in the Pleistocene
Were Upper Pleistocene human/non-human predator occupations at the Témara caves (El Harhoura 2 and El Mnasra, Morocco) influenced by climate change
Prospect Farm and the Middle and Later Stone Age Occupation of Mt. Eburru (Central Rift, Kenya) in an East African Context
The Zooarchaeology of Pleistocene Africa
Porc-Epic Cave, Ethiopia
Low-Survival Skeletal Elements Track Attrition, Not Carcass Transport Behavior in Quaternary Large Mammal Assemblages
Late Pleistocene Subsistence Strategies and Resource Intensification in Africa
Environmental Change, Ungulate Biogeography, and Their Implications for Early Human Dispersals in Equatorial East Africa
The Late Quaternary Hominins of Africa
On Hunting and Meat-eating by Middle Stone Age Hominins at Loiyangalani Site in Serengeti National Park, Tanzania
Zooarchaeology of the Middle Stone Age in Magubike Rockshelter, Iringa Region, Tanzania
Were snares and traps used in the Middle Stone Age and does it matter? A review and a case study from Sibudu, South Africa
Improved ostrich eggshell and ungulate tooth enamel radiocarbon dating methods reveal Later Stone Age occupation in arid MIS 2 southern Somalia
Differences between Nisp and MNE in cutmark analysis of highly fragmented faunal assemblages
The accumulation of Stone Age lithic artifacts in rock fragment mulches in northern Ethiopia
The evolution of hominin diets
Middle and Late Pleistocene mammal fossils of Arabia and surrounding regions
A new MIS 3 radiocarbon chronology for Mochena Borago Rockshelter, SW Ethiopia
L’Afrique de l’Est dans la réflexion globale sur le Middle Stone Age
Survey and explorations of caves in southeastern Ethiopia
Stratigraphic and spatial distribution of ochre and ochre processing tools at Porc-Epic Cave, Dire Dawa, Ethiopia
Stone tool assemblages and models for the dispersal of Homo sapiens out of Africa
Cultural change or continuity in the late MSA/Early LSA of southeastern Ethiopia? The site of Goda Buticha, Dire Dawa area
Preliminary study of the rodent assemblages of Goda Buticha
Skeletal element abundances in archaeofaunal assemblages
Integrating taphonomy into the practice of zooarchaeology in China
The Evolution of Long-Range Hunting with Stone-Tipped Weapons During the Afrotropic Middle Stone Age
Early MIS 3 occupation of Mochena Borago Rockshelter, Southwest Ethiopian Highlands
Long-distance carcass transport at Olduvai Gorge? A quantitative examination of Bed I skeletal element abundances
Identifying the accumulator
Sources of variation in carnivore tooth-mark frequencies in a modern spotted hyena (Crocuta crocuta) den assemblage, Amboseli Park, Kenya
Carnivore competition, bone destruction, and bone density
The Middle Stone Age archaeology of the Lower Omo Valley Kibish Formation
Middle Stone Age archaeology at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Microliths in the Middle and Later Stone Age of eastern Africa
The Pleistocene prehistory of the Lake Victoria basin
Late Quaternary megafaunal extinctions in Southern Africa's Cape Floral Region
Varieties and Sources of Artefactual Obsidian in the Middle Stone Age of the Middle Awash, Ethiopia
New excavations at Nasera Rock (Tanzania)
Variability in the Middle Stone Age of Eastern Africa
Taphonomic perspectives on hominid site use and foraging strategies during Bed II times at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Hominin-carnivore interactions during the Chinese Early Paleolithic
Eland, buffalo, and wild pigs
Animal exploitation strategies during the South African Middle Stone Age
A critique of the chronometric evidence for hominid fossils
Modern hunting behavior in the early Middle Paleolithic
Faunal assemblage composition and paleoenvironment of Plovers Lake, a Middle Stone Age locality in Gauteng Province, South Africa
A new species of fossil guenon (Cercopithecini, Cercopithecidae) from the Early Pleistocene Lower Ngaloba Beds, Laetoli, Tanzania
Thinking locally
Another unique river
Evaluating the potential for tactical hunting in the Middle Stone Age
Paleoenvironmental context of the Middle Stone Age record from Karungu, Lake Victoria Basin, Kenya, and its implications for human and faunal dispersals in East Africa
The Dorothy Garrod Site
A Late Pleistocene human humerus from Rusinga Island, Lake Victoria, Kenya
Adaptation to High Altitude
An Unshakable Middle Paleolithic
Symbolic Use of Terrestrial Gastropod Opercula during the Middle Stone Age at Porc-Epic Cave, Ethiopia
Zhoukoudian Upper Cave Revisited
The Human revolution
Faunal remains from Klasies River mouth
Hominid carnivory and foraging strategies, and the socio-economic function of early archaeological sites
Taphonomy and Paleoecology
Archaeofaunas and Butchery Studies
A Hunters' Village in Neolithic Turkey
Modern human origins
Current Developments in Bone Technology
Fossils in the Making
Gestion des matières premières et comportements techniques dans le Middle Stone Age africain
The Hunters of Combe Grenal
Zooarcheological evidence for the faunal exploitation behavior of Neandertals and early modern humans
Small mammals
Bones are not enough
Small mammals
Human ancestors
Le Middle Stone Age de la grotte du Porc-Épic (Dire Dawa, Éthiopie)
Meat and Marrow Utility Indices for Horse ( )
Bone transport, bone destruction, and reverse utility curves
On Cut Marks and Statistical Inferences
The eastern wood rat (Neotoma floridana) as a taphonomic factor in archaeological sites
Blind Tests of Inter-analyst Correspondence and Accuracy in the Identification of Cut Marks, Percussion Marks, and Carnivore Tooth Marks on Bone Surfaces
Radiocarbon dating and the “old shell” problem
Butchering Marks and Carcass Acquisition Strategies
A New Approach to Identifying Bone Marrow and Grease Exploitation
Bone Density and Long Bone Representation in Archaeological Faunas
Meat versus within-bone nutrients
The Hadza Carcass Transport Debate Revisited and its Archaeological Implications
Bone frequencies
Importance of limb bone shaft fragments in zooarchaeology
Estimating the Minimum Number of Skeletal Elements (MNE) in Zooarchaeology
A Middle Stone Age occupation site at Porc Epic Cave, Dire Dawa (east-central Ethiopia)
The Sahara and the Nile
The Mammalian Fauna of the Klasies River Mouth Sites, Southern Cape Province, South Africa
Early Hominid Activities at Olduvai
Bison Bone Fragmentation and Survivorship
Variability in the behaviour of spotted hyaenas as taphonomic agents
Variability in Long Bone Marrow Yields of East African Ungulates and its Zooarchaeological Implications
Explaining the “Klasies Pattern”
Evidence for Hominid Predation at Klasies River Mouth, South Africa, and its Implications for the Behaviour of Early Modern Humans
Hyrax and Hare Bones from Modern South African Eagle Roosts and the Detection of Eagle Involvement in Fossil Bone Assemblages
On Attrition and Vertebrate Body Part Profiles
An experimental model of the timing of hominid and carnivore influence on archaeological bone assemblages
The Upper Pleistocene and early Holocene prehistory of the Horn of Africa
Bone surface modifications in zooarchaeology
African Archaeology
Cut and Tooth Mark Distributions on Large Animal Bones
The hunters or the hunted? An introduction to african cave taphonomy
Variables versus models of early Pleistocene hominid land use
Variability in bone assemblage formation from Hadza hunting, scavenging, and carcass processing
A Reconsideration of Animal Body-Part Utility Indices
The Middle Stone Age of East Africa and the beginnings of regional identity
Systematic Butchery by Plio/Pleistocene Hominids at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania [and Comments and Reply]
Percussion marks, tooth marks, and experimental determinations of the timing of hominid and carnivore access to long bones at FLK Zinjanthropus, Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Experimental determinations of carcass processing by Plio-Pleistocene hominids and carnivores at FLK 22 (Zinjanthropus), Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania
Carnivore tooth marks and stone tool butchery marks on scavenged bones
A critique of the evidence for scavenging by Neandertals and early modern humans
Taphonomic Aspects of Crowned Hawk-Eagle Predation on Monkeys
Disentangling Early Stone Age palimpsests
Estimates of hominid and carnivore involvement in the FLK Zinjanthropus fossil assemblage
Patterns of skeletal representation and hominid subsistence activities at Olduvai Gorge, Tanzania, and Koobi Fora, Kenya
Zooarchaeological and taphonomic analysis of the Die Kelders Cave 1 Layers 10 and 11 Middle Stone Age larger mammal fauna
Meat-eating by early hominids at the FLK 22Zinjanthropussite, Olduvai Gorge (Tanzania)
Ar/39Ar dating of the Kapthurin Formation, Baringo, Kenya
Competition for carcasses and early hominid behavioral ecology
Exploitation of large bovids and seals at Middle and Later Stone Age sites in South Africa
Breakage patterns of human long bones
The contribution of limb bone fracture patterns to reconstructing early hominid behaviour at Swartkrans cave (South Africa)
Animal Bones from Caves to Cities
Toward Distinguishing Human and Raptor Patterning on Leporid Bones
Impact of Carnivore Ravaging on Zooarchaeological Measures of Element Abundance
On Small Mammal Remains in Archaeological Context
Spiral Fractures and Bone Pseudotools at Paleontological Sites
Approaches to Faunal Analysis in Archaeology
A Model for Exploring the Optimal Trade-off between Field Processing and Transport
Hadza Hunting, Butchering, and Bone Transport and Their Archaeological Implications
The Origin of Modern Human Behavior
Mousterian Large-Mammal Remains from Kobeh Cave Behavioral Implications for Neanderthals and Early Modern Humans
Fact and Fiction about the Zinjanthropus Floor
| Unique citing works | 60 |
|---|---|
| Citations per year | 3 |
| Citation span | 2006 - 2026 (21) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 58 |