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Published November 1, 1988 | Version v1
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Faunal reflections of change and diversity: Monitoring the effects of natural and cultural site formation processes on the composition of archaeological faunal assemblages, a case study from Boonah, southeast Queensland

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  • 1. University of New England

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  • 1. University of New England

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Modern studies of economic behaviour using faunal remains from archaeological sites began with the excavation of Star Carr (Clarke.1972), but understandably, it was not until much later that site formation processes were taken into consideration when doing research on archaeological fauna! assemblages. Binford (1984a) did an in depth analysis of the faun al assemblage from Klasies River Mouth and examined the natural site formation processes to establish how they affected the composition of the fauna! assemblage. Likewise, Brain (1981) studied the taphonomy of a range of natural site formation processes in order to isolate hominid activity at the site. His ultimate aim was to establish if early hominids where "The Hunters or the Hunted ?" (Brain 1981 ). ...

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Submitted in fulfilment of a B. A. Honours degree at the Department of Archaeology and Palaeoanthropology, University of New England, Armidale, NSW, 2351 (158 p)

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