Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America : The Silent Testimony of Communal Game Traps.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Nadel, Dani.

Language:

English

Physical Description:

1 online resource (399 pages)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Oxford : Taylor & Francis Group, 2025.

Summary:

Hunting and Extinctions in Southwest Asia and North America explores communal game traps for harvesting ungulate herds in two continents, utilizing a comparative approach addressing settings, species and the hunters' societies.

Contents:

Cover

Half Title

Title Page

Copyright Page

Table of Contents

List of Figures

List of Tables

Acknowledgments

Preface

Part 1 Introduction

1 Introduction

The Scope of Large-Scale Communal Trapping Systems

A History of Research in Southwest and Central Asia and North America

Southwest and Central Asia

North America

Structure and Goals of the Book

References

2 The Evolution of the Human Hunt

Milestones in the Evolution of the Hunt

Palaeolithic Hunting Methods-Sustainable Hunting

The Natufians-A Gazelle-Hunter Culture

Domestication of Livestock in Southwest Asia

The Clovis Big-Game Hunters

Introduction to Communal/Mass Hunting

Part 2 The Kites of Southwest-Central Asia

3 The Settings and Sources for Reconstructing Kite Use

Introduction

The Environment

Eastern Jordan and Syria

Saudi Arabia (Arabia)

The Negev and Sinai

Armenia

The Ustyurt Plateau

The Target Species

Arabia, Negev-Sinai, Jordan, and Syria

The Use of Kites According to Eyewitness Accounts

Jordan and Syria

Summary

The Function of Kites Based on Their Depiction in Petroglyphs

Petroglyphs in Jordan and Northern Arabia

Petroglyphs in Syria

Petroglyphs in the Negev-Sinai

Petroglyphs in Armenia

Petroglyphs in the Ustyurt Plateau

4 The Archaeology of the Kites in Southwest and Central Asia

The Chains in Jordan

Settings and Location

Types

Construction

Chronology

The Cultural Landscape

Syria

The Chronology and the Cultural Landscape

Arabia

The Kites

The Negev and Sinai Kites

Settings and Characteristics

Negev-Plains Kites

Negev-Hill Kites

Sinai.

Distribution and Densities

The Settings

The Traps

Part 3 The Traps of North America

5 The Settings and Sources for Reconstructing Trap Use

The Great Plains

The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains

Arctic/Subarctic Region

The Use of Traps According to Eyewitness Accounts

The Great Basin

The Rocky Mountains

Arctic/Subarctic

The Use of North American Traps According to Pictographs and Petroglyphs

The Southern Plains

6 The Archaeology of the North American Traps

The Jump Sites

The Pound Sites

The Arroyo Traps

Bison Kill Sites of the Tres Piedras Bison Hunting Complex

Bog and Dune Traps

Historic Horse Trapping Structures

The Olson Game Trap

The Murray Site

The Welty 1 Bighorn Sheep Trap, Wyoming

Communal Pronghorn Hunting at Trappers Point, Wyoming

Rennie Lake Site

The POD and Eggington Sites, Victoria Island

Drop 45 Site

Part 4 Discussion - Southwest Asia and North America

7 The Ecology and Archaeology of Traps and Reconstructed Migration Models

Environmental Settings and Considerations of Trap Use

Types of Traps and Materials Used for Construction

Reconstruction of Past Migration Patterns

Reconstructing Horizontal Large-Scale Seasonal Migration

Reconstructing Vertical Migration

Migration from Arboreal to Open Tundra in the Arctic/ Subarctic.

Reconstructing Small-Scale Migration

The Chronology of Mass Hunting During the Holocene

Discussion

8 Social Aspects of Communal Hunting

Landscape of Fear

Social Organization, Hierarchy, and Trap-Related Ceremonies

Social Considerations

Ethnographic Aspects

Archaeological Evidence for Ceremonial Activities

Wheels and Medicine Wheels

Paths

Stone Structures

Shaman's Structures

Pictographs and Petroglyphs

Repetitious Activities at Ceremonial Sites

Mass Hunting and Hunter-Gatherers, Herders, and Farmers

The Reindeer of Fennoscandia

The Economic Contribution of Mass Hunting to Hunting Societies

9 Past and Future

Convergent Evolution Across Oceans and Eons

The Decline of Communal Hunting

Future Prospects

Communal Hunting Investigations in the Future

Future Prospects for Ungulate Herds

Index.

Notes:

Description based on publisher supplied metadata and other sources.

ISBN:

1-04-063111-8

1-003-48316-X

1-04-051578-9

9781003483168

OCLC:

1551397887

Publisher Number:

CIPO000302019