| List of Figures | |
| List of Tables | |
| Preface | |
| Ch. 1 | The Research Problem | 3 |
| Ch. 2 | Theory and Organization | 13 |
| Ch. 3 | The Study Sample from Italy: Archaeology in the Context of Quarternary Studies | 24 |
| Ch. 4 | Animal Communities and the Passage of Species | 68 |
| Ch. 5 | Large Mammal Taphonomy and the Agencies of Bone Collection | 95 |
| Ch. 6 | Small Animal Exploitation | 158 |
| Ch. 7 | Species Use and Predator Guild | 199 |
| Ch. 8 | On Food Transport Behavior | 219 |
| Ch. 9 | Bone Transport, Foraging Strategies, and Predator Niches | 236 |
| Ch. 10 | On the Meaning of Mortality Patterns in Archaeofaunas | 271 |
| Ch. 11 | Mapping Predator Niches from Prey Mortality Patterns | 288 |
| Ch. 12 | Carnivore Mortality and the Denning Hypothesis | 316 |
| Ch. 13 | Seasons of Ungulate Procurement | 332 |
| Ch. 14 | Covariation in Mousterian Technology and Game Use | 352 |
| Ch. 15 | Neandertal Niche | 371 |
| Appendix | 389 |
| Literature Cited | 399 |
| Index | 423 |
