Small fragments make small differences in efficiency when rendering grease from fractured artiodactyl bones by boiling

By Robert R. Church, R. Lee Lyman. 2003

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Gazelle bone fat processing in the Levantine Epipalaeolithic (2005, background): “Frequencies of element portions were used to calculate the minimum number of skeletal elements (MNE), the minimum number of animal units (MAU), and the minimum number of individuals (MNI) following the protocol outlined by Klein and CruzUribe [51] and Lyman [62].”
The prey as patch model: optimal handling of resources with diminishing returns (2005, background): “Notably, experimental work on bone grease extraction from boiled fragments suggests that smaller fragments do not necessarily increase grease yields from boiled bone [19].”