"As with any human population, early hunter-gatherers in North America spent much of their time and energy on securing a reliable food supply. One efficient means of doing this involved the use of large-scale traps, designed to concentrate large numbers of prey animals for easier slaughter. This important new research from Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham examines the archaeological evidence for large-scale traps (defined by the authors as "rock and/or wood features constructed through group or communal effort to trap or ...
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"As with any human population, early hunter-gatherers in North America spent much of their time and energy on securing a reliable food supply. One efficient means of doing this involved the use of large-scale traps, designed to concentrate large numbers of prey animals for easier slaughter. This important new research from Bryan Hockett and Eric Dillingham examines the archaeological evidence for large-scale traps (defined by the authors as "rock and/or wood features constructed through group or communal effort to trap or ambush migrating artiodactyls" such as bighorn sheep or pronghorn antelope). Focusing their inquiry on the Great Basin region of eastern California, western Utah, and Nevada, Hockett and Dillingham nevertheless draw conclusions from their study that may inform similar research in other parts of the world. With ample color illustrations as well as informative maps, drawings, and tables, this careful study of ancient communal hunting practices offers important insights drawn from some of the oldest large-scale trap structures in the world. Large-Scale Traps of the Great Basin will occupy an important place in the literature of the early inhabitants of North America"--
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