Overview

Archaeomalacology (the study of molluscs in archaeological contexts) is a relatively new archaeological discipline. Molluscs are the most common invertebrate remains found at archaeological sites. But the field of zooarchaeology is seen by many as one mainly focused on the remains of vertebrates. The papers in this volume hope to redress this balance, bringing molluscan studies into mainstream zooarchaeological and archaeological debate, and resulting in a monograph with a truly international flavour.

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Author:   D. Bar-Yosef
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Dimensions:   Width: 21.00cm , Height: 2.00cm , Length: 29.70cm
Weight:   0.939kg
ISBN:  

9781842171202

ISBN 10:   1842171208
Pages:   192
Publication Date:   14 October 2005
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Hardback
Publisher's Status:   Out of Print
Availability:   Awaiting stock  

Table of Contents

An Introduction to Archaeomalacology (Daniella E Bar-Yosef Mayer) Land Snails, Artifacts, and Faunal Remains: Understanding Site Formation Processes at Prehistoric/Protohistoric Sites in the Southeastern United States (Evan Peacock et al) Seasonal Shell Growth and Oxygen Isotopes (d18O) in the Variable Coquina Clam, Donax variabilis Say, 1822 (Irvy R Quitmyer et al) Pre-Ceramic Precolumbian Shellfish Consumption and Shell Tool Production: Shell Remains from Orient Bay, Saint-Martin, Northern Lesser Antilles (Nathalie Serrand and Dominique Bonnissent) Shellmiddens in the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: Prehistoric Patterns of Molluscs' Collection and Consumption (Ermengol Gassiot Ballbe) Marine Mussels - Wear is the Evidence (Janice Light) The Exploitation of Molluscs in the Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene of Italy (Andre Colonese and Barbara Wilkens) Shells at the Bronze Age Settlement of Coppa Nevigata (Apulia - Italy) (Claudia Minniti) The Evidence of Spondylus Ornamental Objects in the Central Mediterranean Sea. Two cases of study: Sicily and Malta (Salvatore Chilardi et al) Shells from Prehistoric Sites of Northern Greece (Liliane Karali) To Dye for: Reconstructing Murex Royal Purple and Biblical Blue (Deborah Ruscillo) Marine and terrestrial molluscs from Neolithic, Bronze Age and Hellenistic sites in the Almiros and Sourpi plains (Thessaly, Greece) (Wietske Prummel) Marine Shells from the Early Preceramic Neolithic of Cyprus at Shillourokambos (9th-8th mill. cal. BC): A Mainly Ornemental Set with Similarities to Mainland PPNB (Nathalie Serrand and J D Vigne) Molluscan Fauna from Late Bronze and Iron Age Strata at Tell Abu Hawam (Inbar Baruch et al) Shifts in Epipaleolithic Marine Shell Exploitation at Wadi Mataha, Southern Jordan (Joel Janetski) The Use of Marine Shells at Sumhuram, Oman (Barbara Wilkens) Study of a Shell-midden in the Sultanate of Oman: the Excavation of Suwayh 1 (SWY1) (Chloe Martin) Marine Shell Utilisation by the Chalcolithic Cultures of the Western Deccan Region of India (Arati Deshpande-Mukherjee)

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this is inherently a book to interest the INJA reader...This work will long remain of value to both the specialist and the general student of arcaheology.' -- Robert J C Mowat International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2006

this is inherently a book to interest the INJA reader....This work will long remain of value to both the specialist and the general student of arcaheology.'--Robert J C Mowat International Journal of Nautical Archaeology (01/01/2006)

this is inherently a book to interest the INJA reader...This work will long remain of value to both the specialist and the general student of arcaheology.' -- Robert J C Mowat International Journal of Nautical Archaeology 2006

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