Faculty Mentor
Dr. Michael Zukosky
Document Type
Poster
Department
Anthropology
Abstract
Of the competing methods for the estimation of the number of individuals represented within a skeletal assemblage, variations of the calculation of MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals) are most often employed. This presentation provides the preliminary results of an exhaustive study designed to determine the minimum number of individuals represented within a collection of 1,065 skeletal elements and fragments, belonging to the Eastern Washington University Anthropology Program. Results produced by established methods of computation were reinterpreted to account for the introduction of Procurement Bias in the calculation of MNI.
Recommended Citation
Dyess, M. Elizabeth and Heil, T., "Estimating the Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) For Skeletal Collections With Consideration to the Introduction of Procurement Bias" (2023). 2023 Symposium. 6.
https://dc.ewu.edu/srcw_2023/works_2023/works_2023/6
Creative Commons License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-No Derivative Works 4.0 International License.
Included in
Archaeological Anthropology Commons, Biological and Physical Anthropology Commons, Laboratory and Basic Science Research Commons
Estimating the Minimum Number of Individuals (MNI) For Skeletal Collections With Consideration to the Introduction of Procurement Bias
Of the competing methods for the estimation of the number of individuals represented within a skeletal assemblage, variations of the calculation of MNI (Minimum Number of Individuals) are most often employed. This presentation provides the preliminary results of an exhaustive study designed to determine the minimum number of individuals represented within a collection of 1,065 skeletal elements and fragments, belonging to the Eastern Washington University Anthropology Program. Results produced by established methods of computation were reinterpreted to account for the introduction of Procurement Bias in the calculation of MNI.
