An Application of the Linear Regression Technique for Determining Length and Weight of Six Fish Taxa (The role of selected fish species in Aleut paleodiet)

Huraian

The detailed estimation of the original live size of faunal specimens from archaeological assemblage provides a particularly useful, though generally under-employed, tool for zooarchaeological analysis. Though a variety of methods have been employed in the generation of such size estimations, statistical regression provides perhaps the most accurate estimations of the original live length and weight of fish specimens found in archaeological contexts.