A zooarchaeologist may assign a small fragment of a rabbit-sized long bone to class 1 of the five standard animal size classes because
a. small animals were an unimportant part of the diet.
b. class 1 indicates that the bone was from an animal that was butchered.
c. it may be too difficult to identify the specimen to a taxon.
d. there may be a large quantity of bones to analyze and this method saves valuable time.
e. it is the class designated for all small fragments of animal bones that cannot otherwise be identified
c
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