The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey explores the social and functional aspects of large-scale hunting adaptations in the archaeological record. Mass-kill hunting strategies are ubiquitous in human prehistory and exhibit culturally specific economic, social, environmental, and demographic markers. Here, seven case studies—primarily from the Americas and spanning from the Folsom period on the Great Plains to the ethnographic present in Australia—expand the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms within which large-scale hunting adaptations evolved.
Addressing a diverse assortment of archaeological issues relating to the archaeological signatures and interpretation of mass-kill sites, The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey reevaluates and rephrases the deep-time development of hunting and the themes of subsistence to provide a foundation for the future study of hunting adaptations around the globe. Authors illustrate various perspectives and avenues of investigation, making this an important contribution to the field of zooarchaeology and the study of hunter-gatherer societies throughout history. The book will appeal to archaeologists, ethnologists, and ecologists alike.
Contributors : Jane Balme, Jonathan Driver, Adam C. Graves, David Maxwell, Ulla Odgaard, John D. Speth, María Nieves Zedeño

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Large-scale manipulation of prey an economic and social discussion

Kristen Carlson, Leland C. Bement

Carlson, Kristen A.; Bement, Leland C.

Kristen A. Carlson; Leland C. Bement

Project MUSE (https://muse.jhu.edu/)

Alexandros Washburn

United States, United States of America

1, 2018-05-30

Boulder, 2018

May 30, 2018

3, 20180530

1, PS, 2018

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Source title: The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey: The Economic and Social Dynamics of Mass Hunting

Cover 1
Half Title, Title Page, Copyright 2
Contents 6
1. An Introduction to Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey: An Economic and Social Discussion 10
2. Territory Formation among Ancestral Blackfoot Bison Hunters of the Northwestern Plains 23
3. Communal Hunting by Aboriginal Australians: Archaeological and Ethnographic Evidence 49
4. Driving the Caribou: Greenlandic Hunting Drive Systems and Ethical Aspects 70
5. Are Models of Ancient Bison Population Structure Valid? 103
6. Microanalytical Evidence of Folsom-Aged Communal Hunting on the US Southern Great Plains 128
7. The Development of Paleoindian Large-Scale Bison Kills: An Isotopic Comparison 142
8. A New Look at Old Assumptions: Paleoindian Communal Bison Hunting, Mobility, and Stone Tool Technology 168
List of Contributors 294
Index 296
Publisher:University Press of Colorado,Published:2018,ISBN:9781607326823,Related ISBN:9781607326816,Language:English,OCLC:1037272760
The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey€explores the social and functional aspects of large-scale hunting adaptations in the archaeological record. Mass-kill hunting€strategies are€ubiquitous in human prehistory and exhibit culturally specific economic, social, environmental, and demographic markers.€Here, seven€case studies—primarily€from€the Americas and€spanning from the Folsom period on the Great Plains to the ethnographic present in Australia—expand the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond€the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms within which large-scale hunting adaptations evolved.

"The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey explores the social and functional aspects of large-scale hunting adaptations in the archaeological record. Mass-kill hunting strategies are ubiquitous in human prehistory and exhibit culturally specific economic, social, environmental, and demographic markers. Here, seven case studies—primarily from the Americas and spanning from the Folsom period on the Great Plains to the ethnographic present in Australia—expand the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms within which large-scale hunting adaptations evolved. Addressing a diverse assortment of archaeological issues relating to the archaeological signatures and interpretation of mass-kill sites, The Archaeology of Large-Scale Manipulation of Prey reevaluates and rephrases the deep-time development of hunting and the themes of subsistence to provide a foundation for the future study of hunting adaptations around the globe. Authors illustrate various perspectives and avenues of investigation, making this an important contribution to the field of zooarchaeology and the study of hunter-gatherer societies throughout history. The book will appeal to archaeologists, ethnologists, and ecologists alike."--Amazon

"Expands the understanding of large-scale hunting methods beyond the customary role of subsistence and survival to include the social and political realms where large-scale hunting adaptations evolved, primarily from the Americas and spanning from the Folsom Period on the Great Plains to the ethnographic present in Australia"--Provided by publisher

2022-03-08