Bison Jumps and Pounds
Blackfoot bison hunting in the ~1300 years before contact with Europeans generally employed a combination of stone drives, jumps or pounds, and processing/ camping sites. Stone drives follow the undulating terrain characteristic of the glaciated ridges and upland valleys of the Blackfoot territory. Entire valleys were permanently modified by Blackfoot ancestors specialized in large-scale communal bison hunting, hide processing, and pemmican production for storage and trade