Author： Waguespack N.M.
Publisher： Academic Press
ISSN： 0278-4165
Source： Journal of Anthropological Archaeology, Vol.21, Iss.3, 2002-09, pp. : 396-417
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Abstract
The distribution of caribou at the Palangana site (XCL-00130), Alaska, is compared to two models of hunter–gatherer food sharing. Variance reduction and tolerated theft based on ethnographic observations and mathematical modeling are translated into residual archaeological faunal assemblages based on element frequencies and anatomical refitting. These models, applied to the Palangana caribou assemblage, indicate that food sharing occurred between the site occupants in a manner similar to tolerated theft. Food sharing behaviors are established through comparison of the faunal assemblages of two discrete households occupied contemporaneously. Analysis concludes that stored caribou were distributed among the households in response to consumer needs.
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