ABSTRACT
Non-selective hunting strategies are of special interest in this regard because the resulting faunal assemblages may resemble those accumulated by certain nonhuman agencies. Ethnoarchaeological research with the Aka pygmies, who rely heavily on net hunting and trapping small animals, provides an opportunity to study the type of archaeological record that nonselective, small game hunting leaves behind. One of the approaches most commonly used to differentiate between faunal assemblages associated with different hunting techniques is the analysis of the age structure of the hunted population. Since a nonselective hunting mortality profile is expected to look like the age distribution of a live population, it is appropriate to examine what census data are available for living blue duikers, the most common prey item taken in nets. Major issue of interest in modeling the ways humans obtain meat concerns game body size and its association with particular hunting techniques.
