Dear Colleague,
In my paper the MAU (MINIMUM NUMBER OF ANIMAL UNITS) = MNE (MINIMUM NUMBER
OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS) / QSp (NUMBER OF ELEMENTS IN ONE SKELETON).
Merry christmas and Happy New Year !
Dr MarylÏne PATOU-MATHIS ([log in to unmask])
Laboratoire de PrÎhistoire du MNHN
I. P. H.
1 rue RenÎ Panhard
75013 Paris
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>From: "Alexey K. Kasparov" <[log in to unmask]>
>To: [log in to unmask]
>Subject: Terminology
>Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 22:57:19 +0300
>
>Hi to all !
>Can somebody tell me what designates MAU - minimum animal units? I have
>seen it in the paper of M.Patou-Mathis Arkhaeozoological analysis of the
>middle paleolithic fauna from selected levels of Kabazi 2. // The middle
>Paleolithic of Western Crimea. v2., Liege, 1999, pp. 41-74.
> I understand that it is not minimum number of individuals. But I have not
>understood what it is from the text of this article. The author uses this
>parameter nowhere more in text. Can somebody help me?
>Thank. Sincerely, Anton.
>
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