How Did Ice Age Humans Kill Huge Animals Like Mammoths? Probably Not by Throwing Spears, Study Finds https://www.smithsonianmag.com/smart-news/how-did-ice-age-humans-kill-huge-animals-like-mammoths-probably-not-by-throwing-spears-study-finds-180984958/
@reportbywilson The most efficient way to kill megafauna was to drive them over cliffs, then butcher the dead/injured animals at the bottom. There are many sites in western North America this was documented (and in some cases observed first hand) with bison.
I can see these pike arrays used as adjuncts where the terrain doesn't support cliff kill sites, or to make channels to move them to the right spot.
Poking a large animal with a spear just makes it angry #Archaeology