RESEARCH HIGHLIGHT13 October 2025Remote-sensing data reveal hunting corrals that were used well into the eighteenth century.Two stone-wall traps known as chacus in Chile’s Camarones River Basin. Credit: Adrián OyanederAround 6,000 years ago, people in the Andes developed ingenious ways to thrive in a challenging landscape. Research now reveals1 that they built a system of communal hunting that lasted well into the age of colonization.Access optionsAccess Nature and 54 other Nature Portfolio journalsGet Nature+, our best-value online-access subscription27,99 € / 30 dayscancel any timeLearn moreSubscribe to this journalReceive 51 print issues and online access199,00 € per yearonly 3,90 € per issueLearn moreRent or buy this articlePrices vary by article typefrom$1.95to$39.95Learn morePrices may be subject to local taxes which are calculated during checkoutdoi: https://doi.org/10.1038/d41586-025-03283-2ReferencesOyaneder, A. Antiquity https://doi.org/10.15184/aqy.2025.10213 (2025).Article Google Scholar Download referencesSubjectsArchaeologyLatest on:ArchaeologyJobs Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Health (Environmental health and Climate health)Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Health (Environmental health and Climate health) Location: Shanghai, Beijing, New York - hybrid model Clo...Shanghai, Beijing, New York - hybrid modelSpringer Nature LtdAssociate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Photovoltaics)Job Title: Associate or Senior Editor, Nature Communications (Photovoltaics) Locations: Berlin, Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Milan or Madrid (hybrid...Berlin, Shanghai, Beijing, Nanjing, Milan or Madrid (hybrid)Springer Nature Ltd