This book is an encyclopedic treatment of shell analysis with material suitable for students and professional archaeologists and paleontologists. It covers the history of archaeological interest in shells, the biology of freshwater and marine mollusks, and critically discusses current techniques, methods, and research problems. What can shells tell us about the environmental characteristics and ancient habitats or about the people who collected them? These and other fascinating questions are raised in this authoritative, accessible text.
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This book is an encyclopaedic treatment of shell analysis, with material suitable for students and professional archaeologist and paleontologist. It covers the history of archaeological interest in shells, the biology of freshwater and marine molluscs, and critically discusses current techniques, methods, and research problems. What can shells tell us about the environmental characteristics and ancient habitats or about the people who collected them? These, and other fascinating questions are raised in this accessible text.
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Molluses have served humans in numerous ways for thousands of years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bivalved species, archaeological shells, land snail assemblages, unmodified shells, muricid snails, shellfish flesh, shell chemistry, shell mineralogy, matrix sites, shell deposits, extrapallial fluid, seasonality studies, paired valves, molluscan species, shell accumulations, taphonomic processes, prismatic layer, dietary reconstruction, meat weight, nacreous layer, shell artifacts, death assemblage, blind samples, bivalve species, shell growth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Dogan Point, Gulf of Mexico, New Jersey, New York, South Africa, North America, North Carolina, British Camp, New England, South Carolina, San Francisco Bay, Long Island, New World, New Zealand, Bird Shoals, Mississippi River, Osprey Marsh, South America, British Columbia, Cape Cod, Green River, Hudson River, Negev Desert, New South Wales New!
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Molluses have served humans in numerous ways for thousands of years. Read the first page Key Phrases - Statistically Improbable Phrases (SIPs): (learn more)
bivalved species, archaeological shells, land snail assemblages, unmodified shells, muricid snails, shellfish flesh, shell chemistry, shell mineralogy, matrix sites, shell deposits, extrapallial fluid, seasonality studies, paired valves, molluscan species, shell accumulations, taphonomic processes, prismatic layer, dietary reconstruction, meat weight, nacreous layer, shell artifacts, death assemblage, blind samples, bivalve species, shell growth Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
United States, Dogan Point, Gulf of Mexico, New Jersey, New York, South Africa, North America, North Carolina, British Camp, New England, South Carolina, San Francisco Bay, Long Island, New World, New Zealand, Bird Shoals, Mississippi River, Osprey Marsh, South America, British Columbia, Cape Cod, Green River, Hudson River, Negev Desert, New South Wales New!
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- Red Tides (Ocean Sciences Research) by Tomotoshi Okaichi on 4 pages
- Case Studies in Environmental Archaeology (Interdisciplinary Contributions to Archaeology) by Elizabeth J. Reitz on 4 pages
- Environmental Science by Stanley H. Anderson on 4 pages
- Culture and Environment in the Domain of the Calusa (Monograph / Institute of Archaeology and Paleoenvironmental Studies, University of Florida, 1) by William H. Marquardt in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
- Deciphering a Shell Midden by Julie K. Stein in Back Matter (1), Back Matter (2), and Back Matter (3)
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