The architecture of hunting : the built environment of hunter-gatherers and its impact on mobility, property, leadership, and labor / Ashley Lemke.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Lemke, Ashley K., 1985- author.

Series:

Peopling of the Americas Publications

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Hunting and gathering societies.

Prehistoric peoples--Material culture.

Prehistoric peoples.

Hunting, Prehistoric--Equipment and supplies.

Hunting, Prehistoric.

Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.)--Antiquities.

Huron, Lake (Mich. and Ont.).

Great Lakes Region (North America)--Antiquities.

Great Lakes Region (North America).

Physical Description:

1 online resource (196 pages)

Edition:

First edition.

Place of Publication:

College Station : Texas A&M University Press, [2022]

Summary:

"Combining underwater archaeology, terrestrial archaeology, and ethnographic and historical research, The Architecture of Hunting investigates the creation and use of hunting architecture by hunter-gatherers. Hunting architecture -- including blinds, drive lanes, and fishing weirs -- is a global phenomenon found across a broad spectrum of cultures, time, geography, and environments. Relying on similar behaviors in species such as caribou, bison, guanacos, antelope, and gazelles, cultures as diverse as Sami reindeer herders, the Inka, and ancient bison hunters on the North American plains have utilized such structures, combined with strategically situated landforms, to insure adequate food supplies and to successfully maintain a nomadic way of life. Ashley K. Lemke explores hunting architecture as a form of human niche construction and considers the myriad ways such built structures affect hunter-gatherer lifeways. Her research presents examples of hunting architecture from across the globe and how they influence forager mobility, territoriality, property, leadership, and labor aggregation. The book goes on to outline the archaeological investigation of hunting architecture in the past and provides new data on Ice Age caribou hunting structures preserved underneath the Great Lakes: some of oldest hunting architecture on the planet"-- Provided by publisher.

Contents:

Introduction

Hunting architecture

Rangifer hunting and hunters

The ancient Great Lakes: paleoenvironment and archaeology throughout the Pleistocene-Holocene transition

Hunting architecture underwater: interdisciplinary Investigations under Lake Huron

Interpreting prior research: a model of foraging lifeways on the Alpena-Amberley Ridge

Testing the model: new methods and results

Conclusions.

Notes:

"Peopling of the Americas publication" -- half-title page.

Description based on print version record.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Other Format:

Print version: Lemke, Ashley The Architecture of Hunting

ISBN:

9781623499235

OCLC:

1356617927