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Showing 1 to 20 of 36 for “"Middens"”.
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The archaeology of coastal shell middens in Ireland
Coastal shell middens are an important archaeological resource, with the potential to shed light on many different aspects of human interaction with coastal environments over time. These deposits of discarded shells, charcoal, and other cultural material can be found at various locations along the …
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The Role of Shell Middens in Prehistoric Economies
This investigation takes its inspiration from a view of the human economy which has been developed in recent years by the British Academy Major Research Project on the Early History of Agriculture, that the problem of the origins of agriculture in the narrow sense can admit of no satisfactory …
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Packrat middens: A tool for environmental reconstruction and human adaptation analysis
… remains from radiocarbon-dated ancient packrat middens were used to develop an early and middle Holocene paleoclimate sequence from the Mojave Desert. Identified species from both modern and ancient middens were tabulated by elevation range based on modern analogs to estimate the modern …
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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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Regional Affiliation: An Examination of Rio Viejo Middens as Evidence for Scaled-up Practice at Surrounding Sites.
<p>This research project analyzes 5 middens from the Lower Rio Verde valley sites of Río Viejo and Yugüe, Oaxaca, Mexico, during the Terminal Formative period (150 BC to AD 250). The middens are analyzed to further our understanding of socio-political events in public spaces at both sites during …
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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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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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Prehistoric Life on the Mississippi Coast: Chronology and Function of Ceramics from Three Shell Middens in the Grand Bay Estuary
<p>This study analyzes ceramic assemblages with radio carbon dates produced from three archaeological sites, 22JA564, 22JA575, and 22JA633, with a view to determine the types and varieties of containers brought to and used at each site. The study area is located in the extreme eastern end of the …
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Holocene vegetation and palaeoenvironments of the Southern Cederberg mountains of South Africa : palynological evidence from fossil hyrax (Procavia) dung middens
… advent of pollen analysis of fossil faunal dung middens in arid and semi-arid areas has enabled palaeoenvironmental reconstruction and interpretation in places where this could not otherwise have been easy. This project is based on pollen analysis of hyrax (Procavia) dung middens for the …
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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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"Few know an earl in fishing clothes": Fish middens and the economy of the viking age and late norse earldoms of Orkney and Caithness, Northern Scotland
… In Part 3, the possibility that medieval fish middens (at sites such as Robert's Haven, Caithness) represent waste from the production of cured fish for export is considered in detail.
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Archaeological Survey and Limited Testing at the Lincoln Trail Site (9bn17), Bryan County, Georgia
… extensive artifact scatter and complex of shell middens in a marsh-edge environment, yet little was known of the site’s nature and no subsurface survey was conducted. 9BN17 was selected as a case study for a broad research query to identify the structure of mainland Irene phase polities and the …
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Modern radiocarbon offsets within the land snails Cyclophorus: a tropical karst case study from Northern Vietnam
… sites in the region contain abundant shell middens, composed mainly of terrestrial Cyclophorus molluscs.<br/><br/>The reliable interpretation of radiocarbon (14C) dates of terrestrial mollusc shells depends on an understanding of their ecology and behaviour as well as the geology of the …
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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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A holocene sea surface temperature record in mollusc shells from the South African coast
… mollusc shells preserved in archaeological middens. Two independent palaeothermometers were employed: the traditional oxygen isotope technique and a new, alternative technique based on temperature-dependent changes in structure and mineralogy of the shell of a South African limpet species, …
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Archaeological Prospecting Using Historic Aerial Imagery: Investigations in Northeast and Southwest Arkansas
… sites (e.g., surface scatters, mound sites, middens, standing structures).</p> <p>For specific archaeological sites, possible archaeological, modern, and natural features were digitized. Within-site visibility was reexamined with respect to the sites' temporal ranges, previously documented …
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An archaeological examination of lifeways at Mission San Lorenzo de la Santa Cruz, Real County, Texas (41RE1)
… 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 Mission San Lorenzo is vital for our understanding of mission life and …
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Rock hyraxes (Procavia capensis) and their environments : δ13Ccollagen and δ15Ncollagen as environmental indicators
… due to the fact that their stratified communal middens record shifts in stable isotopes, palynology, and molecular biomarkers that appear to reflect environmental change. Previous studies conducted in east Africa have concluded that rock hyraxes are preferential grazers. There is comparatively …
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