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Showing 1 to 20 of 52 for “"Midden"”.
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Spatial patterns and behaviour at Dunefield Midden
… material and features at the site of Dunefield Midden, is presented in this thesis. All items from the site are analysed, except the remains of large fauna. The site of Dunefield Midden is situated about two kilometres north of Eland's Bay on the Cape West coast, South Africa. Radiocarbon dates …
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A systematic investigation of open station shell midden sites along the southwestern Cape Coast
… through the excavation of open station shell midden sites. Aspects such as who they were, how they interacted with the coastal environment and their relationship to inland peoples were to be considered. This was to involve the investigation of an area considered to be representative of varying …
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A spatial database for the Later Stone Age site 'Dunefield Midden', (Western Cape, South Africa)
Bibliography: leaves 281-289.
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From hunters to fisherman? Developing marine resource specialization on the Santa Barbara Channel Analysis of the artifacts and midden constituents from Ca-Sba-71
… analyses of the stone, bone and shell artifacts, midden constituent analyses, and paleoenvironmental reconstructions will be utilized in an attempt to answer these questions; Previous research has centered on the idea that marine resource specialization could not have developed from a supposed …
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Archaeobotanical and palaeoecological assessment of three freshwater shell middens dating to the early Holocene, Yongjiang River, Guangxi, southern China
… assessments of three freshwater shell middens - Baozitou, Shichuantou and Nabeizui - in Nanning City, Guangxi, provide significant data on pre-agricultural subsistence status in southern China. Multiple archaeobotanical methods were applied in this study, including the analyses of …
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Archaeobotanical and palaeoecological assessment of three freshwater shell middens dating to the early Holocene, Yongjiang River, Guangxi, southern China
… assessments of three freshwater shell middens - Baozitou, Shichuantou and Nabeizui - in Nanning City, Guangxi, provide significant data on pre-agricultural subsistence status in southern China. Multiple archaeobotanical methods were applied in this study, including the analyses of …
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An archaeological examination of lifeways at Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz, Real County, Texas (41RE1)
… excavations produced cultural materials from two midden features that are evaluated in this thesis. Data recovered from both middens provide insight into Native and Spanish foodways, and the mission’s reliance on local resources. The interpretation of midden features such as those investigated at …
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Sedentism among the Archaic fisher-folk of northern Chile: A malacological perspective
… of shell material from the Camarones West Shell Midden and from the site of Quiani has revealed that year-round collection of shellfish for food by the people of the Chinchorro Culture was not practiced. Additional shell demographics from the site of Quiani further support the oxygen isotope …
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An Investigation Of The Soils Within And Beneath The Middens Of Two Huron Villages
Soils from within and beneath several Huron middens were investigated. Five types of material were identified within these structures and were tentatively labeled charcoal, midden matrix, subsoil, grey ash and white ash. Chemical analyses of samples taken from these layers enabled a computer …
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A Disturbed Archeological Site: the Measure of a Valuable Resource of Archeological Data Site 16CU190
… and a remnant subsistence refuse (shell-bearing midden) presumed to be irrevocably despoiled and exhausted of information potential. Analysis of the refuse midden, conjointly with analysis of the sites material culture revealed that such sites have the potential to yield significant information.
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Impacts of the Little Ice Age on the vegetation of southern Nevada
Fossil woodrat middens from a wash near Searchlight Nevada were used to reconstruct the timing and magnitude of vegetation change using Larrea tridentata, Coleogyne ramosissima, and Yucca sp. The study revealed that Coleogyne appeared in the midden at 600 {dollar}\pm{dollar} 50 yr B.P., and full …
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Middening in the Outer Hebrides : an ethnoarchaeological investigation.
… the barn and kiln to the byre, thence to the midden and finally to the vegetable plot. In conclusion, archaeological implications are briefly explored for the Outer Hebrides. Intensive recycling may have been less necessary and the accumulation of dung less difficult in prehistory, if climate …
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Perceiving landscape: designing for the contemplation of material culture through time
… is revealed by the archaeological excavation of 'midden' deposits - piles of refuse usually situated in the back of cave dwellings left by their ancient occupants. This evidence reveals that modern humans have lived on the Cape south coast for at least 167 000 years, a time spanning global glacial …
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Interpreting environmental change using bivalve shell geochemistry
… specimens of O. angasi from the Severs Beach midden site, Pambula Lake, and S. glomerata from the Sandstone Point midden site, Moreton Bay, to test the potential of these species for use as paleoclimate archives. Results show that while interpretation of paleoclimate information from these …
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Interpreting environmental change using bivalve shell geochemistry
… specimens of O. angasi from the Severs Beach midden site, Pambula Lake, and S. glomerata from the Sandstone Point midden site, Moreton Bay, to test the potential of these species for use as paleoclimate archives. Results show that while interpretation of paleoclimate information from these …
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Late quaternary vegetation history and palaeoenvironments of the Cederberg Mountains, South Africa : evidence from hyrax (Procavia capensis) middens
Rock hyrax (Procavia capensis) middens have been identified as excellent sources ofpalaeoenvironmental information in arid and semi-arid areas, and have been successfully used in various parts of southern Africa. Hyrax middens from the De Rif site in theCederberg Mountains of the south-western Cape …
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WESSELMAN FARM, AN ARCHAIC SITE ON THE LOWER GREAT MIAMI RIVER, HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO
… [4959 - 4462 cal BP]) habitation site with dense midden development situated on a summit over the Great Miami River. This research was inspired by a small box of stone tools that a family had collected since the 1940s as they plowed the fields on their 15.38-hectare (38.00 acre) historic …
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A study of marine exploitation in prehistoric Scotland, with special reference to marine shells and their archaeological contexts
… many of which cannot be described as shell middens. They are defined in this work as sites given over to the primary processing and consumption of marine resources, most obviously represented by marine shells. A simple classificatory system is introduced in order to allow further discussion …
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