Randy Haas

Randy Haas

May 14, 2017

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pronghorn proof-of-concept #2

Drone practice continues on the Laramie Plains. Below are some media to illustrate how the drone will be deployed in the Gran Chaccu ethnoarchaeology project. These include new pronghorn video footage, a nice photo of the Hutton Lake area, and an image showing pronghorn counts.

Video: Pronghorn group. Video footage like this will allow me to document the dynamics of Gran Chaccu events. My hand is still a bit shaky, but getting steadier each time...


(music: Wyoming is for lovers by The Patti Fiasco)

Image 1: Hutton Lake. Images like this will allow me to capture and illustrate the physiographic context of Gran Chaccu events. There is a small, barely visible group of pronghorn bottom center.

Image 2: Pronghorn counting. Images like this will allow me to count vicuña and participants in Gran Chaccu. This image captured two pronghorn groups. Inset images enlarged 300%.

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About This Project

Large-scale communal game drives among humans have never been scientifically documented in action. This study will record and analyze Gran Chaccu--an annual communal game drive in the Peruvian Andes where hundreds of people cooperate to corral thousands of wild vicuña for their wool. An aerial drone will be used to record the size and dynamics of these events. The study will advance our understanding of archaeological game drive complexes and the evolution of cooperation in human societies.

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