Upper Paleolithic Net-Hunting, Small Prey Exploitation, and Women's Work Effort: A View from the Ethnographic and Ethnoarchaeological Record of the Congo Basin

摘要: Recent interest in Upper Paleolithic small prey acquisition focuses on the significance of fiber-based hunting technologies. Some researchers believe advent these technologies and presence faunas reflect efficient communal net-hunts driven by women's labor. We evaluate different techniques, using ethnographic data from foragers Congo Basin. These other suggest that net-hunting is a high risk endeavor often has opportunity costs. argue costs associated with have profound implications for human technological choice, we circumstances would favor use Paleolithic.