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

• Record Nr.: UNINA9911046528803321
• Autore: Nadel Dani
• Pubbl/distr/stampa: Oxford : , : Taylor & Francis Group, , 2025; ©2025
• ISBN: 1-003-48316-X; 1-04-051578-9
• Edizione: [1st ed.]
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (399 pages)
• Disciplina: 333.9549
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Nota di contenuto: 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 -- References -- 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 -- Armenia -- The Ustyurt Plateau -- The Use of Kites According to Eyewitness Accounts -- Jordan and Syria -- The Ustyurt Plateau -- Summary -- The Function of Kites Based on Their Depiction in Petroglyphs -- Introduction -- Petroglyphs in Jordan and Northern Arabia -- Petroglyphs in Syria -- Petroglyphs in the Negev-Sinai -- Petroglyphs in Armenia -- Petroglyphs in the Ustyurt Plateau -- Summary -- References -- 4 The Archaeology of the Kites in ; Southwest and Central Asia -- The Chains in Jordan -- Settings and Location -- Types -- Construction -- Chronology -- The Cultural Landscape -- Summary -- Syria -- Settings and Location -- The Chronology and the Cultural Landscape -- Arabia -- The Kites -- The Cultural Landscape -- The Negev and Sinai Kites -- Settings and Characteristics -- Negev-Plains Kites -- Negev-Hill Kites -- Sinai.; Distribution and Densities -- Chronology -- The Cultural Landscape -- Armenia -- The Settings -- The Kites -- Chronology -- The Cultural Landscape -- The Ustyurt Plateau -- Settings and Location -- The Traps -- Chronology -- The Cultural Landscape -- References -- Part 3 The Traps of North America -- 5 The Settings and Sources for Reconstructing Trap Use -- Introduction -- The Environment -- The Target Species -- The Great Plains -- The Great Basin and Rocky Mountains -- Arctic/Subarctic Region -- The Use of Traps According to Eyewitness Accounts -- The Great Plains -- The Great Basin -- The Rocky Mountains -- Arctic/Subarctic -- The Use of North American Traps According to Pictographs and Petroglyphs -- The Southern Plains -- The Great Basin -- References -- 6 The Archaeology of the North American Traps -- The Great Plains -- The Jump Sites -- The Pound Sites -- The Arroyo Traps -- Bison Kill Sites of the Tres Piedras Bison Hunting Complex -- Bog and Dune Traps -- The Cultural Landscape -- The Great Basin -- The Cultural Landscape -- Historic Horse Trapping Structures -- The Rocky Mountains -- The Olson Game Trap -- The Murray Site -- The Welty 1 Bighorn Sheep Trap, Wyoming -- Communal Pronghorn Hunting at Trappers Point, Wyoming -- The Cultural Landscape -- Arctic/Subarctic -- Rennie Lake Site -- The POD and Eggington Sites, Victoria Island -- Drop 45 Site -- The Cultural Landscape -- References -- 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 -- Summary -- The Chronology of Mass Hunting During the Holocene -- North America -- Southwest and Central Asia -- Discussion -- References -- 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 -- Discussion -- References -- 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 -- References -- Index.
• Sommario/riassunto: 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.