Better homes and pastures: Human agency and the construction of place in communal bison hunting on the Northern Plains
Better homes and pastures: Human agency and the construction of place in communal bison hunting on the Northern Plains
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更好的家园和牧场：北部平原公共野牛狩猎的人类机构和场所建设
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10.1179/2052546x13y.0000000004
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2014
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G. Oetelaar
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作者：
G. Oetelaar
摘要尽管公共野牛狩猎长期以来一直吸引着北部平原考古学家的兴趣，但很少有人探索那些在落基山脉山脚下创造了令人印象深刻的杀戮地点的人的行动。相反，野牛猎人的效率归功于他们对当地气候和地形、草原生态系统以及猎物行为的了解。这种对野牛狩猎的生态学解释忽略了人类在景观管理、控制牛群移动和维持猎杀情结方面所起的积极作用。此外，猎人的行为是由对人与动物之间关系的截然不同的看法指导的。我的目标是将人类社区的行动纳入到成功的野牛狩猎中，具体参考黑脚人及其祖先所采用的策略。
Abstract Although communal bison hunting has long captured the interest of northern Plains archaeologists, few have explored the actions of the people who created the impressive kill sites located in the foothills of the Rocky Mountains. Instead, the effectiveness of bison hunters has been attributed to their understanding of the local climate and topography, the grassland ecosystem, and the behavior of their prey. What is overlooked in this ecological explanation of bison hunting is the role of humans as active agents in the management of the landscape, the control of herd movement, and the maintenance of the kill complex. Moreover, the behaviors of the hunters were guided by very different perceptions of the relationships between humans and animals. My objective is to incorporate the actions of human communities in the execution of successful bison hunts with specific reference to the strategies employed by the Blackfoot and their ancestors.