Divje babe I - an attempt to apply statistical analysis to the mass animal remains in the palaeolithic archaeology. III. Bone fragments

Abstract

The paper presents an in - depth analysis of the fragmentation processes of mass skeletal remains of the cave bear from the Palaeolithic site of Divje Babe I (Slovenia, NW Yugoslavia), with the application of statistical analyses and the principle of sampling. Focusing on the bones of the extremities. the author standardizes their fragment sizes, applying regression analysis. The agents of the intensive fragmentation vvere predators and other natural factors, rather than Palaeolithic inhabitants of the cave during the Middle Palaeolithic and the early stages of the Uppcr Palaeolithic.