Document Type
Article
Source Publication Title
Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America (PNAS)
First Page
6911
Last Page
6915
Abstract
Some of the most pivotal questions in human history necessitate the investigation of archaeological sites that are now under water. Nine thousand years ago, the Alpena-Amberley Ridge (AAR) beneath modern Lake Huron was a dry land corridor that connected northeast Michigan to southern Ontario. The newly discovered Drop 45 Drive Lane is the most complex hunting structure found to date beneath the Great Lakes. The site and its associated artifacts provide unprecedented insight into the social and seasonal organization of prehistoric caribou hunting. When combined with environmental and simulation studies, it is suggested that distinctly different seasonal strategies were used by early hunters on the AAR, with autumn hunting being carried out by small groups, and spring hunts being conducted by larger groups of cooperating hunters.
Disciplines
Anthropology | Social and Behavioral Sciences | Sociology
Publication Date
5-13-2014
Language
English
License
This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-Share Alike 4.0 International License.
Recommended Citation
Lemke, Ashley; Sonnenburg, Elizabeth P.; Reynolds, Robert G.; Abbott, Brian D.; and O’Shea, John M., "A 9,000-year-old caribou hunting structure beneath Lake Huron" (2014). Sociology & Anthropology Faculty Publications. 3.
https://mavmatrix.uta.edu/sociologyanthropology_facpubs/3