Game drive system
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A game drive system was a prehistoric hunting strategy where game were herded into areas where they could be hunted in groups. Once a site was identified or manipulated to be used as a game drive site, it would be well-used over the years as temporary, seasonal hunting camps.[1]
In the Rocky Mountain National Park, for instance, there are archeological remains from about 3850 and 3400 B.C. of 42 low-walled stone structures or cairns, up to hundreds of feet in length, built for game drive systems. These slight walls served as devices that permitted hunters to direct or herd game animals—like bison, sheep, deer, or elk— toward men waiting with weapons. Up to twenty-five people may have been needed to execute the game drive. Hunters may have killed the animals using darts, atlatl, spear throwers, or spears tipped with stone projectile points.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b "Prehistoric hunting: game drive systems". Rocky Mountain National Park. Retrieved November 12, 2016.
This text is from Rocky Mountain National Park: a History by Curt Buchholtz