Molluscs in archaeology: Methods, approaches and applications
Allen, M.J. (Ed.) (2017). Molluscs in archaeology: Methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3. Oxbow Books: Oxford & Philadelphia. ISBN 978-1-78570-608-0. xiii, 434 pp.
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- Allen, M.J.; Payne, B. (2017). Molluscs in archaeology: an introduction, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 1-4, more
- Allen, M.J. (2017). Land snails in archaeology, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 6-29, more
- Allen, M.J. (2017). The geoarchaeology of context: sampling for land snails (on archaeological sites and colluvium), in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 30-47, more
- Law, M. (2017). Numerical approaches to land snail palaeoecology, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 48-64, more
- Walker, T. (2017). Molluscs and the palaeo-environment of coastal blown sand and dunes, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 65-81, more
- Law, M.; Thew, N. (2017). Molluscs from dune-machair systems in the Western Isles: archaeological site formation processes and environmental change, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 82-99, more
- Hunt, C.O.; Hill, E.A. (2017). Caves and molluscs, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 100-110, more
- Robinson, M. (2017). Molluscs from the floodplain alluvial sediments in the Thames Valley, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 112-126, more
- O'Connor, T. (2017). Wetlands: freshwater and slum communities, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 127-141, more
- Allen, M.J. (2017). The southern English chalklands: molluscan evidence for the nature of the post-glacial woodland cover, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 144-164, more
- Allen, M.J.; Eastabrook, B. (2017). (Some thoughts on) using molluscs for landscape reconstruction and ecology in Malta, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 165-178, more
- Pickard, C.; Boronean? Adina, A.; Bonsall, C. (2017). Molluscan remains from Early to Middle Holocene sites in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube, Southeast Europe, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 179-194, more
- Taylor, V.K.; Bell, M. (2017). Land mollusc middens, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 195-212, more
- Somerville, L.; Light, J.; Allen, M.J. (2017). Marine molluscs from archaeological contexts: how they can inform interpretations of former economies and environments, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 214-237, more
- Winder, J. (2017). Oysters in archaeology, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 238-258, more
- Hardy, K. (2017). Shell middens, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 259-272, more
- Campbell, G. (2017). The collection, processing and curation of archaeological marine shells, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 273-288, more
- Ridout-Sharpe, J. (2017). Shell ornaments, icons and other artefacts from the eastern Mediterranean and Levant, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 290-307, more
- Szabó, K. (2017). Molluscan shells as raw materials for artefact production, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 308-325, more
- Light, J.; Walker, T. (2017). How strong is the evidence for purple dye extraction from the muricid gastropod Nucella lapillus (L. 1758), from archaeological sites in Britain and Ireland?, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 326-341, more
- Light, J. (2017). Marine shells as artefacts: a cautionary tales of natural wear and tear as compared to resourceful anthropogenic modification processes, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 342-361, more
- Fernandes, R.; Dreves, A. (2017). Bivalves and radiocarbon , in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 364-380, more
- Douka, K. (2017). Radiocarbon dating of marine and terrestrial shell, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 381-399, more
- Colonese, A.C. (2017). Stable isotope ecology of terrestrial gastropod shells, in: Allen, M.J. (Ed.) Molluscs in archaeology: methods, approaches and applications. Studying Scientific Archaeology, 3: pp. 400-413, more
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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 artefacts. The 23 specially commissioned papers presented here address 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 utilised as tools, artefacts 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 artefacts, 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. |
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