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Showing 1 to 14 of 14 for “"Shell 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
… Chapters I to IV, which set the study of shell-midden economies in a global context and provide a general analysis of the theoretical background to their study, using archaeological, ecological and ethnographic data. Chapter I is an introduction to the problem and to the theoretical …
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Archaeobotanical and palaeoecological assessment of three freshwater shell middens dating to the early Holocene, Yongjiang River, Guangxi, southern China
… palaeoecological 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
… palaeoecological 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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A study of marine exploitation in prehistoric Scotland, with special reference to marine shells and their archaeological contexts
… include evidence for marine exploitation. Marine shells are found on a variety of archaeological sites, 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 …
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Sedentism among the Archaic fisher-folk of northern Chile: A malacological perspective
Oxygen isotope analysis 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 …
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Archaeological Survey and Limited Testing at the Lincoln Trail Site (9bn17), Bryan County, Georgia
… an 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 …
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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 …
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Stone tools and sand veld settlement
… scatters, deposit-containing shelters and shell middens. Considerable variation was found to exist in assemblage composition and site density within an area stretching between the coast and the fringes of the Cape Fold Belt mountains. A number of open sites were sampled in different …
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Changing social landscapes of the Western Cape coast of southern Africa over the last 4500 years
… predictable and productive species, such as shellfish, tortoises and plants. Frequent snaring of small and territorial bovids almost completely replaced the hunting of large mobile game. A system of delayed returns was also central to coastal hunter-gatherer economy between 3000 and 2000 BP, …
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A Disturbed Archeological Site: the Measure of a Valuable Resource of Archeological Data Site 16CU190
… deposit 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 …
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Native And Invasive Competitors Of The Eastern Oyster Crassostrea Virginica In Mosquito Lagoon, Florida
… if the sessile species recruiting to oyster shells have changed over time, 3) determine how the dominant competitors, barnacles, affect oyster settlement, growth and survival, and 4) determine if oyster or barnacle larvae are better able to settle in increased sediment and flow conditions …