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Abstract
The “associational critique”, the claim there are insufficient associations between extinct Pleistocene mammalian genera and cultural materials to support a model of human overkill, has been challenged by Grayson (1984). He argues that it is based on a faulty assumption regarding the sample of terminal Pleistocene megafauna, and that analysis using the radiocarbon record of extinct fauna demonstrates that there are actually more extinct genera found in archaeological association than would be expected by chance. He concludes that the associational critique is weakly based. However, his analysis warrants careful examination for, by including only radiocarbon-dated sites, and utilizing dates of questionable reliability, it is subject to sample bias. Re-analysis suggests that a rejection of the associational critique is premature. There are far too few sites showing evidence of human predation to support a model of human overkill.
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