Down the Rabbit Hole: Comment on Sundstrom and Walker (2021). Issue 3 (July 2022)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Francis, Julie; Loendorf, Lawrence L.; Kornfeld, Marcel; Larson, Mary Lou; Adovasio, James M.
• Is Part Of: American antiquity. Volume 87:Issue 3(2022)
• Page Start: 620
• Page End: 622
• Publication Date: 2022-07
• Subjects: Rocky Mountains -- mountain sheep trapping -- game nets; las montañas Rocossa -- la caza de borregos cimarrones -- red de caza; North America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; America -- Antiquities -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- North America -- Periodicals; Archaeology -- America -- Periodicals; Anthropology -- America -- Periodicals; North America -- History -- Periodicals; America -- History -- Periodicals; Periodicals; 970
• DOI: 10.1017/aaq.2022.34
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 0002-7316

Abstract

Abstract : The Sheep Mountain juniper bark net, originally thought to be of Paleoindian age, was redated by Sundstrom and Walker (2021 ) to the Late Prehistoric period. Although the original investigators convincingly argued that the net was intended for use with mountain sheep or deer, Sundstrom and Walker suggest it was used to trap small game such as rabbits or sage grouse. Unfortunately, the authors ignore important information presented by the original investigators and misrepresent the archaeological record of the immediate area. The Sheep Mountain net is still best interpreted as designed for use to trap mountain sheep and deer.