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"The subject
of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been
dealt with collectively for several
decades as most previous volumes in this
subject area have been confined to studies
of either land or marine molluscs, or
mollusc shells as artifacts. The 23
specially commissioned papers presented
here addresses many aspects of molluscs in
archaeology. Marine molluscs are a common
find on archaeological sites, where they
may represent food waste or their shells
having been utilized as tools, artifacts
and ornaments. Land snails are also found
as food waste in middens, but more
commonly their microscopic remains are
used to examine site environmental and
land use histories. This comprehensive
collection by most of the leading
researchers in the field will give the
reader an overview of the whole topic:
methods of analysis and approaches to
interpretation. It aims to be a
broad-based textbook giving readers an
insight into how to apply analysis to
different present and past landscapes, and
how to interpret those landscapes.
Contributors present marine, freshwater
and land snail studies, and examine topics
such as diet, economy, climate,
environment and land-use, isotopes and
molluscs as artifacts, providing
archaeologists and students with the first
port of call regarding a) methods and
principles, and b) the potential
information molluscs can provide.
Combining authoritative overviews with a
range of case studies, Molluscs in
Archaeology concentrates on analysis and
interpretation that most archaeologists
and students can undertake and understand,
and reviews the ‘heavier’ science in terms
of potential, application and
interpretational value
“Particular strengths of this volume are
that it integrates studies of terrestrial
and marine molluscs, each often pursued
separately, and covers a wide range of
themes ranging from palaeoenvironmental
and palaeoeconomic topics to the use of
molluscs as sources of information about
technology, symbolism, dating and diet.”
Professor Geoff Bailey, York University.
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Table of contents :
TERRESTRIAL HABITATS, CONTEXTS AND
LANDSCAPES 1. Land snails in archaeology -
Michael J. Allen 2. The geoarchaeology of
context: sampling for land snails (on
archaeological sites and colluvium) -
Michael J. Allen 3. Numerical approaches
to land snail palaeoecology - Matt Law 4.
Molluscs and the palaeo-environment of
coastal blown sand and dunes - Thomas
Walker 5. Molluscs from dune-machair
systems in the Western Isles:
archaeological site formation processes
and environmental change - Matt Law and
Nigel Thew 6. Caves and molluscs - Chris
O. Hunt and Evan A. Hill WETLANDS AND
FRESH- AND BRACKISH-WATER 7. Molluscs from
the floodplain alluvial sediments in the
Thames Valley - Mark Robinson 8. Wetlands:
freshwater and slum communities - Terry
O’Connor PART 2: PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTAL
RECONSTRUCTION: EUROPE, THE MEDITERRANEAN
AND NEAR EAST 9. The southern English
chalklands: molluscan evidence for the
nature of the post-glacial woodland cover
- Michael J. Allen 10. (Some thoughts on)
using molluscs for landscape
reconstruction and ecology in Malta -
Michael J. Allen and Bri Eastabook 11.
Molluscan remains from early to middle
Holocene sites in the Iron Gates reach of
the Danube, southeast Europe - Catriona
Pickard, Adina Boroneanț and Clive Bonsall
12. Land mollusc middens - Victoria K.
Taylor and Martin Bell PART 3: MARINE AND
FOOD AND DIET 13. Marine molluscs from
archaeological contexts: how they can
inform interpretations of former economies
and environments - Liz Somerville, Janice
Light and Michael J. Allen 14. Oysters in
archaeology - Jessica Winder 15. Shell
middens - Karen Hardy 16. The collection,
processing and curation of archaeological
marine shells - Greg Campbell PART 4:
ARTEFACTS 17. Shell ornaments, icons and
other artefacts from the eastern
Mediterranean and Levant - Janet
Ridout-Sharpe 18. Molluscan shells as raw
materials for artefact production -
Katherine Szabó 19. How strong is the
evidence for purple dye extraction from
the muricid gastropod Nucella lapillus (L.
1758), from archaeological sites in
Britain and Ireland? - Janice Light and
Thomas Walker 20. Marine shell artefacts:
cautionary tales of natural wear and tear
as compared to resourceful anthropogenic
modification processes - Janice Light PART
5: SCIENCE AND SHELLS 21. Bivalves and
radiocarbon - Ricardo Fernandes and
Alexander Dreves 22. Radiocarbon dating of
marine and terrestrial shell - Katerina
Douka 23. Stable isotope ecology of
terrestrial gastropod shells - André Carlo
Colonese
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