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Butchery Efficiency

Butchery Efficiency is a quantitative metric used in zooarchaeological and taphonomic studies to assess the effectiveness of carcass processing by measuring the proportion of usable tissue recovered relative to the total biological potential of the animal, thereby distinguishing it from other butchery-related indices through its focus on resource optimization.

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2017–2026

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Experimental butchery with modern stone tools and its relevance for Palaeolithic archaeology

Peter Rasmussen Jones · World Archaeology · 1980 · 217 citations

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On the Butcher group and general multi-value methods

E. Hairer, Gerhard Wanner · Computing · 1974 · 204 citations

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Why are some handaxes symmetrical? Testing the influence of handaxe morphology on butchery effectiveness

Anna Machin, Rob Hosfield, Steven Mithen · Journal of Archaeological Science · 2006 · 172 citations

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Observations on the Butchering Technique of Some Aboriginal Peoples No. 2

Theodore E. White · American Antiquity · 1953 · 79 citations

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An Assessment of the Productivity for Meat and the Carcase Yield of Camels (Camelus dromedarius) and of the Consumption of Camel Meat in the Eastern Region of Ethiopia

Mohammed Yusuf Kurtu · Tropical Animal Health and Production · 2003 · 77 citations

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Authors

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  1. SM
    Steven Mithen

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 197 citations

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  2. AM
    Anna Machin

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 197 citations

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  3. RH
    Rob Hosfield

    University of Reading, United Kingdom

    2 publications · 197 citations

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  4. FB
    Fabio Buccheri

    1 publications · 23 citations

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  5. PR
    Peter Rasmussen Jones

    University of Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 publications · 217 citations

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Institutions

37

  1. University of California, Davis

    Davis, United States

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    28 citations

  2. University of South Bohemia in České Budějovice

    České Budějovice, Czechia

    1 h-index

    5 publications

    55 citations

  3. Université Paris-Saclay

    Gif-sur-Yvette, France

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    11 citations

  4. Haramaya University

    Dire Dawa, Ethiopia

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    77 citations

  5. University of Reading

    Reading, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    3 publications

    516 citations

  6. University of Oxford

    Oxford, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    217 citations

  7. Quaternary Research Association

    Durham, United Kingdom

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    217 citations

  8. University of Geneva

    Geneva, Switzerland

    1 h-index

    1 publications

    204 citations

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  1. Lithic Technology

    2 publications · 56 citations

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  2. Journal of Archaeological Science Reports

    2 publications · 80 citations

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  3. American Antiquity

    2 publications · 135 citations

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  4. World Archaeology

    1 publications · 217 citations

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  5. Journal of Archaeological Science

    1 publications · 172 citations

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