Beyond means to meaning
Using distributions of shell shapes to reconstruct past collecting strategies
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 12654199 |
|---|---|
| Authors | Greg Campbell (corresponding author) |
| Year | 2008 |
| Volume | 13 |
| Issue | 2 |
| Pages | 111-121 |
| Publication date | 2008-10-01 |
| Open Access | No |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Environmental Archaeology (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1461-4103 • E-ISSN: 1749-6314 |
| Publisher | Taylor & Francis (PUBLISHER • GB) |
| DOI | 10.1179/174963108x343236 |
| OpenAlex | W2032270190 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 36 |
| References cited | 48 |
Archaeological shell assemblages are often compared by the average size of a given shell species, with smaller average sizes taken as indicating greater human exploitation. This is simplistic, since the average size of a species of shellfish naturally varies considerably across a shore and over time. This distribution of shell size, shape and density varies systematically, according to a predictable pattern. Ancient shellfish collecting strategies can be reconstructed by comparing distributions of size, shape and age of archaeological shells to this systematic pattern. Methods for recovering these distributions from archaeological shell assemblages are outlined, and some recent applications to archaeological shell assemblages are highlighted
Archaeology · Geography · Shell (structure · Shore · Taphonomy · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Materials Science · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Geology · Oceanography · Paleontology
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| Citations per year | 2.4 |
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
| Highly cited | No |