ABSTRACT
Likewise, patterns of bone modification, such as the superposition of cut marks, tooth marks, and percussion marks, have proven to be surprisingly ambiguous relative to the distinction between hunting and scavenging activities. This chapter proposes some alternative directions for zooarchaeological research on hominin evolution and modern humans that move away from the strict bounds of the hunting-and-scavenging debate and consider the implications of existing faunal evidence for prehistoric foraging ecology and subsistence organization. It proposes that the available Pleistocene faunal data have much to say about the nature of foraging systems and their broader patterns of organization in terms of the issues of mobility, settlement, social structure, and demography.
