Vortrag von Ashley Lemke (Wisconsin University/University of Michigan): Hunting Architecture: Food Security Before Farming

Food is critical for life and culture. How to feed yourself and your family is a universal issue that we can study archaeologically. Hunter-gatherer societies living during the last ice age had some of the most flexible economies - dependent on the environment and ecology as well as their innovation and skill. Hunting architecture is a global phenomenon - the building of structures for guiding and trapping wild animals to increase hunting success and yield. It relies on a deep knowledge of local topography and animal behavior and is literal niche construction. This talk will examine patterns in this behavior across space and time and argue that such structures were the precursor to domestication and one of most significant economic innovations prior to agriculture.