ABSTRACT Late prehistoric and early historic communal hunting sites along the southwestern mountainous margins of the Great Basin, United Sates, include timber-built corral-traps estimated to be only a few hundred years old. In most of these, no animal bones or direct evidence for the targeted species were found in the corrals. Our goals were to characterize and reconstruct past use of these sites, and we chose two distinct case studies, Anchorite Pass and Excelsior. We provide high-resolution documentation of the sites and their archaeological components, using nearly 10,000 aerial photographs as the basis for 3D modeling. We specifically address construction characteristics which include the incorporation of living trees and felling juniper timbers by fire. Drawing on limited ethnographic sources and current seasonal routes of local mule deer herds, we suggest the two sites were used for seasonal trapping of such herds. Forest fires and modern construction severely endanger such vulnerable sites.

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内华达州矿县的原住民木鹿鹿圈

摘要沿美国大盆地西南山区边缘的史前晚期和历史悠久的公共狩猎场包括估计只有几百年历史的木造围栏。在大多数此类动物中，畜栏中没有发现动物骨头或目标物种的直接证据。我们的目标是表征和重建这些站点的过往使用，我们选择了两个不同的案例研究，即Anchorite Pass和Excelsior。我们使用近10,000张航拍照片作为3D建模的基础，提供了这些地点及其考古成分的高分辨率文档。我们专门针对建筑特征，包括将活树和火烧杜松木材合并。利用有限的人种学资源和当地m鹿牧群的当前季节性路线，我们建议将这两个地点用于季节性捕捞此类牧群。森林火灾和现代建筑严重威胁着这些脆弱的地区。