Prestige and Prejudice: The Role of Long Distance Big Game Hunting as an Optimal Foraging Decision
Prestige and Prejudice: The Role of Long Distance Big Game Hunting as an Optimal Foraging Decision
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威望与偏见：长距离大型狩猎作为最佳觅食决策的作用
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2012
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2.8
通讯作者：
Deanna N. Grimstead
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作者：
Deanna N. Grimstead
信号理论对人类学和考古学有很大的贡献，这也是为什么越来越多的应用和围绕如何最好地应用它的健康争论的部分原因。其中一个争论是关于大型狩猎是一个昂贵的信号还是仅仅是有效觅食的一个方面。Grimstead（2010）对这一争论做出了贡献，他指出，远距离大型狩猎（往返超过100公里）比当地小型狩猎产生更高的热量回报率，尽管前者的旅行和运输成本增加。Whittaker和Carpenter（本期）提出了一个模型，该模型也表明长距离大型狩猎比当地觅食产生更高的经济回报，但最多只能达到50公里。本文提供了Grimstead（2010）论文的原则的进一步细节，以回应Whittaker和Carpenter（本期）的批评，然后使用先前发表的中心地点觅食模型（Cannon 2003）来表明，另一个模型也表明，往返距离超过100公里的长距离大型狩猎比当地觅食产生更高的回报。
Abstract Signaling theory has much to offer anthropology and archaeology, which is in part why there is an increasing number of applications and healthy debates surrounding how best to apply it. One of those debates surrounds whether big game hunting is a costly signal or simply an aspect of efficient foraging. Grimstead (2010) contributed to this debate by showing that long-distance big-game hunting (greater than 100 km roundtrip) produces higher caloric return rates than does local small-game hunting, despite increased costs of travel and transport for the former. Whittaker and Carpenter (this issue) present a model that also suggests long-distance big-game hunting produces higher economic returns than local foraging but only up to about 50 km. This paper provides further details on the tenets of the Grimstead (2010) paper in response to criticisms by Whittaker and Carpenter (this issue), and then uses a previously published central place foraging model (Cannon 2003) to show that another model also shows long-distance big-game hunting over a distance greater than 100 kilometers roundtrip produces higher returns than local foraging.