Molluscs in Archaeology Methods, Approaches and Applications
The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of mollusks in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and appr...
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| Abstract | The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of mollusks in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes. It includes Marine, Freshwater and land snails studies, and examines topics such as diet, economy, climate, environmental and land-use, isotopes and mollusks as artifacts. It aims to provide archaeologists and students with the first port of call giving them a) methods and principles, and b) the potential information mollusks can provide. It concentrates on analysis and interpretation most archaeologists and students can undertake and understand, and to 'review' the 'heavier' science in terms of potential, application and interpretational value. |
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| AbstractList | A new overview of molluscs in archaeology for archaeologists, ecologists and anyone studying the natural environment, this is a broad-based and comprehensive textbook. The subject of 'Molluscs in Archaeology' has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow's Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes. It includes Marine, Freshwater and land snails studies, and examines topics such as diet, economy, climate, environmental and land-use, isotopes and molluscs as artefacts. It aims to provide archaeologists and students with the first port of call giving them a) methods and principles, and b) the potential information molluscs can provide. It concentrates on analysis and interpretation most archaeologists and students can undertake and understand, and to 'review' the 'heavier' science in terms of potential, application and interpretational value. The subject of ‘Molluscs in Archaeology’ has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow’s Studying Scientific Archaeology series addresses many aspects of mollusks in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes. It includes Marine, Freshwater and land snails studies, and examines topics such as diet, economy, climate, environmental and land-use, isotopes and mollusks as artifacts. It aims to provide archaeologists and students with the first port of call giving them a) methods and principles, and b) the potential information mollusks can provide. It concentrates on analysis and interpretation most archaeologists and students can undertake and understand, and to 'review' the 'heavier' science in terms of potential, application and interpretational value. |
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| TableOfContents | Front Matter
Table of Contents
Preface
Contributors
Acknowledgements
Molluscs in archaeology:
1.: Land snails in archaeology
2.: The geoarchaeology of context:
3.: Numerical approaches to land snail palaeoecology
4.: Molluscs and the palaeo-environment of coastal blown sand and dunes
5.: Molluscs from dune-machair systems in the Western Isles:
6.: Caves and molluscs
7.: Molluscs from the floodplain alluvial sediments in the Thames Valley
8.: Wetlands:
9.: The southern English chalklands:
10.: (Some thoughts on) using molluscs for landscape reconstruction and ecology in Malta
11.: Molluscan remains from early to middle Holocene sites in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube, southeast Europe
12.: Land mollusc middens
13.: Marine molluscs from archaeological contexts:
14.: Oysters in archaeology
15.: Shell middens
16.: The collection, processing and curation of archaeological marine shells
17.: Shell ornaments, icons and other artefacts from the eastern Mediterranean and Levant
18.: Molluscan shells as raw materials for artefact production
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?
20.: Marine shell artefacts:
21.: Bivalves and radiocarbon
22.: Radiocarbon dating of marine and terrestrial shell
23.: Stable isotope ecology of terrestrial gastropod shells
Index 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 -- Index Cover -- Title -- Copyright -- Dedication -- Contents -- Preface -- Contributors -- Acknowledgements -- Molluscs in archaeology: an introduction Michael J. Allen and Bas Payne -- PART 1: PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTS -- ENVIRONMENT AND LAND-USE -- 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 |
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