Journal article
Upper Paleolithic Net-Hunting, Small Prey Exploitation, and Women's Work Effort: A View from the Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Record of the Congo Basin
Journal of archaeological method and theory, Vol.9(2), pp.147-179
06/2002
Handle:
https://hdl.handle.net/2376/108968
Abstract
Recent interest in Upper Paleolithic small prey acquisition focuses on the significance of fiber-based hunting technologies. Some researchers believe the advent of these technologies and presence of small faunas reflect efficient communal net-hunts driven by women's labor. We evaluate different small prey hunting techniques, using ethnographic data from foragers in the Congo Basin. These and other ethnographic data suggest that net-hunting is a high risk endeavor that often has high opportunity costs. We argue that the high costs associated with net-hunting have profound implications for human technological choice, and we evaluate the circumstances that would favor the use of different small prey hunting technologies in the Upper Paleolithic.
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- Title
- Upper Paleolithic Net-Hunting, Small Prey Exploitation, and Women's Work Effort: A View from the Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Record of the Congo Basin
- Creators
- Karen Lupo - Department of Anthropology Washington State University Pullman WashingtonDave Schmitt - Department of Anthropology Washington State University Pullman Washington
- Publication Details
- Journal of archaeological method and theory, Vol.9(2), pp.147-179
- Academic Unit
- Anthropology, Department of
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers-Plenum Publishers; New York
- Identifiers
- 99900547174701842
- Language
- English
- Resource Type
- Journal article