Risky Pursuits
Martu Hunting and the Effects of Prey Mobility: Reply to Ugan and Simms
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 7603386 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Douglas W Bird (Stanford University), B F Codding (0000-0001-7977-8568, Stanford University), R B Bird (0000-0001-8350-2169, Stanford University), David W Zeanah, David Zeanah (0000-0002-1944-4555, California State University, Sacramento) |
| Year | 2012 |
| Volume | 77 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 186-194 |
| Publication date | 2012-01-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.7183/0002-7316.77.1.186 |
| OpenAlex | W2313733599 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 11 |
| References cited | 28 |
We recently demonstrated that prey size is not a reliable predictor of post-encounter return rates for resources Martu hunters regularly handle in Australia’s Western Desert (Bird et al. 2009). Ugan and Simms are skeptical of our calculations of these returns, especially in our inclusion of tracking as pursuit time. Here we review how these variables were recorded and calculated, update the analysis with more data, and clarify the importance of prey mobility and pursuit failures for understanding the contexts of hunting decisions and their archaeological implications
Biology · Desert (philosophy) · Epistemology · Genealogy · Geography · Political science · Predation · Skepticism · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Ecology · History · Law · Philosophy · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Wildlife Ecology and Conservation
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| Citations per year | 0,85 |
| Citation span | 2013 - 2026 (14) |
| Citation velocity | current |
| Highly cited | No |
| Citation types | Neutral: 11 |