Archaeomalacology: Molluscs in former environments of human behaviour

by D. Bar-Yosef

Overview

Molluscs are the most common invertebrate remains found at archaeological sites, but archaeomalacology (the study of molluscs in archaeological contexts) is a relatively new archaeological discipline and 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.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781782979050
Publisher:	Oxbow Books
Publication date:	10/14/2005
Series:	Proceedings of the 9th ICAZ Conference
Sold by:	Barnes & Noble
Format:	eBook
Pages:	192
File size:	33 MB
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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 Almirós and Soúrpi 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)

Editorial Reviews

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.'

International Journal of Nautical Archaeology, 2006 - Robert J C Mowat