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Archaeomalacology: Shells in the Archaeological Record
Katherine Szabó, Catherine Dupont, Vesna Dimitrijevic, Luis Gómez Gastélum and Nathalie Serrand
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This publication is the volume is the proceedings of the ICAZ Archaeomalacology Working Group which took place at the 11th International Conference of the International Council for Archaeozoology (ICAZ), held in Paris, France 23rd-28th August 2010. Twenty-three papers are published with evidences of human collection and modification of shells from all over the world and over a large scale of chronology (from Prehistory to Antiquity). The papers are organized in three sub-sessions. The section "Acquisition and use of shell raw materials in prehistory" focuses on patterns of acquisition and use of shell raw materials as well as on the production sequences of shell items in time and space. Specific themes of interest include the exploitation of shells as raw materials in relation to their dietary functions, or choices made to use particular shells along with or as opposed to other raw materials. The section "Shell middens and shells as a food resource" provides a venue to explore the relationships between human groups and molluscan resources and especially encourages the combination of information derived from multiple disciplines, as well as studies that seek to contextualise shell-gathering in a wider socio-economic context. The section "Shells as indicators of palaeoenvironment, site formation and transformation" aims to investigate the potential of the archaeological shell to answer questions not directly related to subsistence or material culture and especially welcomes contributions which mobilise the study of the archaeological shell in relation to modern resource management and environmental change.
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Front Cover
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Title Page
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Copyright
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Editors of the Volume
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Table of Contents
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Preface
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Introduction
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1 - THE USE OF MARINE MOLLUSC SHELLS AT THE NEOLITHIC SITE SHKARAT MSAIED, JORDAN
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2 - EVALUATING THE ROLE OF THE MOLLUSCAN SHELL ASSEMBLAGE RECOVERED FROM PADRI, A COASTAL HARAPPAN SETTLEMENT IN GUJARAT, INDIA
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3 - THE PROVENANCE AND USE OF FOSSIL SCAPHOPOD SHELLS AT THE LATE NEOLITHIC/ENEOLITHIC SITE VINČA – BELO BRDO, SERBIA
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4 - PERFORATED SHELLS FROM AN EARLY MESOLITHIC CEMETERY AT LA VERGNE (CHARENTE-MARITIME, FRANCE): FROM ACQUISITION TO USE AND (SOMETIMES) TO WEAR
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5 - SHELL USE IN WEST MEXICO AND THE SOUTHWESTERN UNITED STATES. AN ARCHAEOLOGICAL COMPARISON
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6 - OCCURRENCES OF EXOGENOUS FRESHWATER MUSSEL SHELLS (BIVALVIA: UNIONOIDA) DURING THE PRECOLUMBIAN CERAMIC AGE OF THE LESSER ANTILLES
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7 - DEAD FROM THE SEA: WORN SHELLS IN AEGEAN PREHISTORY
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8 - TEMPORAL CHANGES IN SHELL BEAD TECHNOLOGIES BASED ON LEVANTINE EXAMPLES
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9 - SHELL TOOLS IN AN EARLY NEOLITHIC COASTAL SITE IN THE CANTABRIAN REGION (NORTHERN SPAIN): AN EXPERIMENTAL PROGRAM FOR USE-WEAR ANALYSIS AT SANTIMAMIÑE CAVE
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10 - SHELL MIDDENS AND THE USE OF MOLLUSCS IN THE LATE MIDDLE HOLOCENE IN THE RIO DE LA PLATA: AN ETHNOARCHAEOLOGICAL CONTRIBUTION
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11 - MARINE RESOURCE EXPLOITATION AT MERSA/WADI GAWASIS (RED SEA, EGYPT). THE HARBOUR OF THE PHARAOHS TO THE LAND OF PUNT
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12 - SHELLFISH GATHERING DURING THE IRON AGE AND ROMAN TIMES IN THE NORTHWEST OF THE IBERIAN PENINSULA
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13 - SHELLFISHING AND HORTICULTURE IN PREHISTORIC NORTHERN NEW ZEALAND
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14 - FISHER-GATHERERS OF THE RED SEA: RESULTS OF THE FARASAN ARCHIPELAGO SHELL SITES PROJECT
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15 - SHELL EXPLOITATION AT PLAYA DEL TESORO AND BANDERAS MEXICAN PACIFIC COAST
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16 - OYSTERS, PHEASANTS AND FINE FOODS. “HIGH CLASS” PRODUCTS IN ALIFE (CAMPANIA, ITALY) DURING AND AFTER THE ROMAN EMPIRE
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17 - ARCHAEOZOOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF MOLLUSCAN FAUNA FROM THE LATE BRONZE AGE STRATUM OF SITE 4 OF TELL JENIN (NORTHERN WEST BANK, PALESTINE)
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18 - ACQUISITION AND MANAGEMENT OF MARINE INVERTEBRATE RESOURCES AT A PRE-ROMAN COASTAL SETTLEMENT: THE SITE OF DOSSEN ROUZ (LOCQUÉMEAU-TRÉDREZ, BRITTANY, FRANCE)
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19 - DYNAMICS OF PALAEOENVIRONMENTAL CONDITIONS OVER THE LAST MILLENNIA BY ARCHAEOMALACOLOGICAL DATA (ON EXAMPLE OF ADK-009 SHELL MIDDEN, ADAK ISLAND, ALEUTIAN ISLANDS)
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20 - BIOSTRATIGRAPHY OF SHELLS AND CLIMATE CHANGES IN THE CANTABRIAN REGION (NORTHERN SPAIN) DURING THE PLEISTOCENE-HOLOCENE TRANSITION
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21 - DEPOSITS OF TERRESTRIAL SNAILS: NATURAL OR ANTHROPOGENIC PROCESSES?
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22 - MICRO-FRESHWATER GASTROPOD REMAINS FROM ÇATALHOYUK, TURKEY: PRELIMINARY ENVIRONMENTAL OBSERVATIONS
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23 - MOLLUSC SHELLS FROM ARCHAEOLOGICAL BUILDING MATERIALS
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Published: 2014
Publisher: BAR Publishing
- 9781407342733 (ebook)
- 9781407313085 (paperback)
BAR Number: S2666