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	ন্যূনতম সংখ্যক ব্যক্তি (Minimum Number of Individuals - MNI)	শনাক্তকৃত নমুনার সংখ্যা
ক্ষেত্র	প্রত্নতত্ত্ব	প্রত্নতত্ত্ব
পরিবার	Process / pipeline	Process / pipeline
উদ্ভবের বছর	1953	1971
প্রবর্তক	Theodore White	R. E. Chaplin
ধরন	Faunal quantification method	Faunal quantification method
মৌলিক উৎস	White, T. E. (1953). A method of calculating the dietary percentages of various food animals utilized by aboriginal peoples. American Antiquity, 19(4), 396-398.	Chaplin, R. E. (1971). The Study of Animal Bones from Archaeological Sites. Seminar Press.
অপর নাম	MNI method, minimum individual number	NISP method, specimen count
সম্পর্কিত	4	4
সারসংক্ষেপ	Minimum number of individuals (MNI) is a quantitative zooarchaeological method that estimates the minimum number of animals represented in a faunal assemblage based on the frequency of unique skeletal elements. Developed by Theodore White in 1953, it is one of the most widely used techniques for analyzing animal bone assemblages from archaeological sites. The MNI method helps archaeologists understand hunting and butchering patterns, interpret subsistence practices, and assess the diversity of fauna exploited by past human populations.	Number of identified specimens (NISP) is a fundamental zooarchaeological method that quantifies the abundance of faunal remains by counting all identifiable bone fragments or specimens in an assemblage. Formalized by R. E. Chaplin and later refined by Donald Grayson and others, NISP is the most straightforward and widely used quantification metric in zooarchaeology. Despite its simplicity, NISP is sensitive to both cultural and taphonomic factors that affect preservation, fragmentation, and identification of bone assemblages.