Minimum Numbers and Sample Size in Vertebrate Faunal Analysis
- 20 January 1978
- journal article
- Published by Cambridge University Press (CUP) in American Antiquity
- Vol. 43 (1) , 53-65
- https://doi.org/10.2307/279631
Abstract
Of the measures currently available for quantifying the abundance of taxa within archaeological and paleontological vertebrate faunas, the minimum number of individuals per taxon is most frequently employed. This paper explores the relationship between the minimum number of individuals (MNI) calculated for a given taxon and the number of specimens (E) from which these values were calculated. Several approaches for controlling for the complex interrelationships between MNI and E are advanced and discussed.Keywords
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