Bonfire Shelter (41VV218) is a nationally significant site in the Lower Pecos region of the West Texas borderlands that contains a record of episodic use by hunter-gatherers spanning at least twelve millennia. At least two major bison hunting episodes are evident at Bonfire Shelter, one associated with Paleoindian Plainview and Folsom projectile points (Bone Bed 2), and another associated with Late Archaic Castroville and Montell points (Bone Bed 3). The approximately 12,000-year-old layers comprising Bone Bed 2 may represent the oldest and southernmost bison jump in North America, but this interpretation is the subject of recent debate. In addition, older deposits containing Rancholabrean fauna but lacking stone tools (Bone Bed 1) date to approximately 14,000 years ago and are proposed by previous researchers to be at least partially the result of human activity. This article reviews the issues surrounding Bone Bed 2 and Bone Bed 1 and presents new radiocarbon dates, artifacts, features, along with some initial observations and ongoing plans for renewed field investigations at Bonfire Shelter carried out by the Ancient Southwest Texas Project at Texas State University.

篝火庇护所（41VV218）是西德克萨斯州边疆地区下佩科斯地区​​的全国重要遗址，其中记录了至少十二千年以来狩猎者和采集者的暴行用途。在篝火庇护所中，至少有两次主要的野牛狩猎事件，其中一个与古印第安平原景象和福尔瑟姆抛物点有关（骨头床2），而另一个与后期古卡斯特罗维尔和蒙特尔点有关（骨头床3）。构成Bone Bed 2的大约12,000年历史的层可能代表了北美最古老和最南端的野牛跳跃，但是这种解释是最近辩论的主题。此外，含有兰考拉伯动物群但缺乏石器（骨床1）的较老矿床可追溯至约14年。早在000年前，以前的研究人员就认为这至少部分是人类活动的结果。本文回顾了Bone Bed 2和Bone Bed 1的问题，并提出了新的放射性碳年代，文物，特征，以及一些初步观察和正在进行的计划，该计划由德克萨斯州立大学的古代西南德克萨斯项目在Bonfire Shelter进行新的野外调查。 。