Jacqui - try checking publications dealing with the late
Pleistocene (Middle Palaeolithic sites especially) for related discussions
on carnivore damage/attrition rates/etc. There is an awful lot out there,
much of it discussing canid damage. From Binford, Lyman and Grayson's
general discussions, to field observations by Behrensmeyer and others
(Spotted hyena kills) to discussions of the taphonomy of specific sites
where hyenae (mostly) and other carnivores co-exist with hominids. I
gather from your work that you are discussing much later time periods, but
you may find the prehistoric stuff of interest. Happy hunting.
Ariane Burke, Assoc. Prof.
Dept. of Anthropology,
U. of Manitoba, Winnipeg,
MB, Canada, R3T 5V5
Tel. (204) 474-6654 Fax. (204) 474-7600
"Scholarship is
the enemy of romance.
Where does that leave me?
Alone in the rain again."
(B. Bragg from "Life's a Riot")
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