Marine mollusc exploitation in Mediterranean prehistory
An overview
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 14978652 |
|---|---|
| Authors | A C Colonese, M A Mannino (0000-0001-6807-4434), D E Bar-Yosef Mayer, D A Fa, J C Finlayson, D Lubell, M C Stiner (0000-0002-3136-9535) |
| Year | 2011 |
| Volume | 239 |
| Issue | 1-2 |
| Pages | 86-103 |
| Publication date | 2011-07-01 |
| Peer Reviewed | Yes |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | Quaternary International (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 1040-6182 • E-ISSN: 1873-4553 |
| Publisher | Elsevier BV (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.1016/j.quaint.2010.09.001 |
| OpenAlex | W2085801852 |
| Language | EN |
| Citations received | 142 |
| References cited | 100 |
Archaeology · Biology · Ecosystem · Geography · Glacial period · Holocene · Homo sapiens · Interglacial · Marine conservation · Marine ecosystem · Mediterranean climate · Mediterranean sea · Mesolithic · Prehistory · Subsistence agriculture · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Maritime and Coastal Archaeology · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology · Ecology · Geology · Paleontology
Eating escargot
Chronology, time averaging, and oxygen isotope composition of harvested marine mollusk assemblages from Ifri Oudadane, northeast Morocco
Shell Middens and Seashores
Small animal use by Neanderthals
Shell midden sclerochronology
Environmental availability, behavioural diversity and diet
The transition to foraging for dense and predictable resources and its impact on the evolution of modern humans
Last Interglacial Iberian Neandertals as fisher-hunter-gatherers
Shellfish procurement and seasonal scheduling across the Mesolithic–Neolithic transition at Zacatín rock shelter (Gualchos-Castell de Ferro, Granada, southern Iberia)
Carroñeros, recolectores, cazadores, granjeros y caminantes. La serie The Walking Dead como recurso didáctico para la prehistoria
Seasonality from Mg/Ca Ratios of Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation ( Patella caerulea Linnaeus, 1758) at the Haua Fteah (Libya, North Africa)
Late Neolithic-Chalcolithic socio-economical dynamics in Northern Iberia. A multi-isotope study on diet and provenance from Santimamiñe and Pico Ramos archaeological sites (Basque Country, Spain)
Mediterranean monk seal hunting in the regional Epipalaeolithic of Southern Iberia. A study of the Nerja Cave site (Málaga, Spain)
Ornaments from the Magdalenian burial area in El Mirón Cave (Cantabria, northern Spain). Were they grave goods
Neandertal camps and hyena dens. Living floor 150A at Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario, Tuscany, Italy)
Subsistance en zone côtière durant le Middle Stone Age en Afrique du Nord
Exploring the acid-insoluble shell organic matrix of freshwater mussels (Unionoida) as a proxy for palaeodietary and paleoenvironmental studies
Animal Exploitation at the Subsistence Base of the Chalcolithic Gülpinar Community
Holocene biodiversity of marine invertebrates on the south-central Andean coast (14°–26° S)
Coastal Foraging During the Last ∼4,800 Years at Bajamar-Jatay, Baja California, Mexico
Seasonality at prehistoric Franchthi
Cultural contact over the Strait of Gibraltar during the Middle Palaeolithic? Evaluating the visibility of cultural exchange
On the origins and significance of Pleistocene coastal resource use in southern Africa with particular reference to shellfish gathering
Shellfishing and human evolution
The role of “the aquatic” in human evolution
Brief overview of zooarchaeological research within the framework of Middle Palaeolithic subsistence theories
Between land and sea. The exploitation of marine shells from the Neolithic to the Iron age in Iran
Let Us All Enjoy the Fish”
Effects of cooking on mollusk shell structure and chemistry
Some problems with modelling the positions of prehistoric hunter-gatherer settlements on the basis of landscape topography
Seasonal records of palaeoenvironmental change and resource use from archaeological assemblages
Archaeological Glycymeris glycymeris shells perforated at the umbo
An overview of methods used for the detection of aquatic resource consumption by humans
Years of Human Predation on Black Turban Snails ( Chlorostoma funebralis ) on Alta California's Northern Channel Islands
A Cathedral with Disconnected Chapels? Reassessing the Cognitive Capacities of Neanderthals in Light of Recent Archaeological Discoveries
Social Circumscription, Territoriality, and the Late Holocene Intensification of Small-Bodied Shellfish Along the California Coast
Determination of sea surface temperatures using oxygen isotope ratios from Phorcus lineatus (Da Costa, 1778) in northern Spain
On the transition from hunting-gathering to food production in NE Morocco as inferred from archeological Phorcus turbinatus shells
Commercially relevant species in the Mediterranean Sea
Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence in Mediterranean coastal environments
Molluscs emergent, Part I
Virtual sampling
L’exploitation des ressources marines au Paléolithique moyen et supérieur initial en Europe
The role of terrestrial, estuarine, and marine foods in dynamic Holocene environments and adaptive coastal economies in Southwestern Australia
Large mammal hunting and use of aquatic food resources in the Early Palaeolithic (finds from Early Acheulean sites in the southern Azov Sea region)
The Ksâr 'Akil (Lebanon) mollusc assemblage
Characterising marine mollusc exploitation in the eastern African Iron Age
Coastally-adapted
Mesolithic in Central–Southern Italy
Year-round shellfish exploitation in the Levant and implications for Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence
Données préliminaires sur l’exploitation de la malacofaune marine par les groupes ibéromaurusiens de l’abri Alain (Oran, Algérie)
Socioeconomic complexity and the resilience of hunter-gatherer societies
Long-term Trends in Terrestrial and Marine Invertebrate Exploitation on the Eastern African Coast
Food and ornaments
Vale Boi (Algarve, Portugal) and the Solutrean in Southwestern Iberia
The social use of space in a shell midden
Pleistocene and Holocene procurement of the clam Donax serra (Bivalvia
Humans and marine resource interaction reappraised
Neanderthal Use of Callista chione Shells as Raw Material for Retouched Tools in South-east Italy
The Middle-Upper Paleolithic transition in Northwest Italy
Successes and failures of human dispersals from North Africa
L’utilisation et la consommation des bivalves par les néandertaliens de la grotte des Ramandils (Port-La Nouvelle, Aude, France)
Midden or Molehill
Middle Palaeolithic Mode 3 lithic technology in the rock-shelter of Benzú (North Africa) and its immediate environmental relationships
Stranded rocky shore mussels and their possible procurement during prehistory on the West Coast of South Africa
El Collado shell midden and the exploitation patterns of littoral resources during the Mesolithic in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula
Shellfish consumption in the Early Upper Palaeolithic on the Mediterranean coast of the Iberian Peninsula
Marine mollusc exploitation as evidenced by the Gorham's Cave (Gibraltar) excavations 1998–2005
Terminal Pleistocene subsistence strategies and aquatic resource use in southern Greece
Shell density as proxy for reconstructing prehistoric aquatic resource exploitation, perspectives from southern Africa
An evolutionary perspective on coastal adaptations by modern humans during the Middle Stone Age of Africa
Preliminary data on the exploitation of marine malacofauna by the Iberomaurusian groups of the Abri Alain rock shelter (Oran, Algeria)
Économies littorales au Paléolithique récent dans le Sud-Ouest européen
Large ungulates mobility and Neanderthal subsistence behaviours
Evaluating the performance of the cutting edge of Neanderthal shell tools
Molluscs emergent, Part II
Neanderthal Shell Tool Production
Gastropods and humans in the late Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of the western Mediterranean basin
Similarities and differences in the lifestyles of populations using mode 3 technology in North Africa and the south of the Iberian Peninsula
The Pleistocene of Rabat (Morocco)
Symbolism among the last hunter–fisher–gatherers in northern Iberia
The ecodynamics of the first modern humans in Southwestern Iberia
Marine Resource Exploitation during the Middle and Early Upper Paleolithic in Europe
Neanderthal ecology and the exploitation of cervids and bovids at the onset of MIS4
Early use of marine resources by Middle/Upper Pleistocene human societies
Mollusk carbonate thermal behaviour and its implications in understanding prehistoric fire events in shell middens
Coastal and Inland subsistence strategies during the Gravettian in the Cantabrian Region (northern Iberian Peninsula)
On the evolution of diet and landscape during the Upper Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Franchthi Cave (Peloponnese, Greece)
Neanderthal diets in central and southeastern Mediterranean Iberia
First preliminary evidence for basketry and nut consumption in the Capsian culture (ca. 10,000–7500BP)
Continuity and variability in prehistoric fishing practices by Homo sapiens in Island Southeast Asia
Molluscs as Personal Adornment in a Gravettian Context from Cueva de Ardales (Málaga, Spain)
Molluscan Remains as Indirect Proxy for Identifying Disintegrated Mudbricks in Aegean Bronze Age Archaeological Contexts
Beneath Still Waters – Multistage Aquatic Exploitation of Euryale ferox (Salisb.) during the Acheulian
Holocene coastal change and intertidal mollusc exploitation in the central mediterranean
A matter of taste? Mode and periodicity of marine mollusc exploitation on the Mediterranean island of Favignana (Ègadi Islands, Italy) during its isolation in the early Holocene
Ancient Fishing Gear and Associated Artifacts from Underwater Explorations in Israel - A Comparative Study
Where the Shells Come From? A New Methodology for Establishing Collection Areas Applied to Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic Shell Middens From Northern Iberia
Shell Midden Archaeology
Fishing together, fishing on its own
Brain-specific lipids from marine, lacustrine, or terrestrial food resources
Marine Ecoregions of the World
A coastal reservoir of biodiversity for Upper Pleistocene human populations
At the land's end
Sea-level fluctuations during the last glacial cycle
Archaeology of the continental shelf
Paleolithic Population Growth Pulses Evidenced by Small Animal Exploitation
The genetic legacy of the Quaternary ice ages
Domestication and early agriculture in the Mediterranean Basin
Ornaments of the earliest Upper Paleolithic
Palaeoenvironmental and cultural dynamics of the coast of Málaga (Andalusia, Spain) during the Upper Pleistocene and early Holocene
Effects of tidal amplitude on intertidal resource availability and dispersal pressure in prehistoric human coastal populations
Thirty years on the “Broad Spectrum Revolution” and paleolithic demography
The Haua Fteah (Cyrenaica) and the Stone Age of the South-East Mediterranean
Les civilisations préhistoriques de l'Afrique du nord et du Sahara
Butchering and cooking of birds in the palaeolithic site of Grotta Romanelli (Italy)
Trekking the shore
Figurines du Paléolithique supérieur en matière minérale plastique cuite d’Afalou Bou Rhummel (Babors, Algérie). Premières analyses par spectroscopie d’absorption Infrarouge
The Fish Remains
Small Game and Marine Resource Exploitation by Neanderthals
Le Moustérien de Grèce à la lumière des récentes recherches
Nutritional ecology and diachronic trends in Paleolithic diet and health
The far south
Vale Boi
The Archaeology of Aquatic Adaptations
The Origins and Early Development of Mediterranean Maritime Activity
Prehistoric shore environments, shellfish availability, and shellfish gathering at Franchthi, Greece
Prehistoric coastal ecologies
Late Pleistocene and Holocene coastal palaeoeconomies
Stable isotope analysis of Late Upper Palaeolithic human and faunal remains from Grotta del Romito (Cosenza), Italy
Mesolithic shellfish exploitation in SW Italy
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2008
The Cyrenaican Prehistory Project 2009
Modern Human Dispersals, Environments and Cultural Change in the Late Pleistocene of Northwest Africa
La grotte « de Los Aviones », Cartagena (Espagne)
Late Paleolithic and Mesolithic Coastlines of Greece and the Aegean
Palaeolithic Investigations in Epirus
Excavation in the Franchthi Cave, 1969-1971, Part I
Black Cyclope neritea Marine Shell Ornaments in the Upper Palaeolithic and Mesolithic of Franchthi Cave, Greece
Re-analysis of faunal assemblages from the Haua Fteah and other late quaternary archaeological sites in Cyrenaican Libya
Prey choice, site occupation intensity & economic diversity in the Middle – early Upper Palaeolithic at the Üçağizli Caves, Turkey
The Early Upper Palaeolithic in Greece
Economic transitions in finis terra
Excavations at Pancho's Kitchen Midden, Western Cape Coast, South Africa
Archaeozoological Studies
Large shell middens in Lamberts Bay, South Africa
Gorham's Cave, Gibraltar—The persistence of a Neanderthal population
Big Game and Small Prey
Marine Resources in the Mesolithic and Neolithic at the Grotta Dell’uzzo (Sicily)
The origins of sedentism and farming communities in the Levant
The Exploitation of Shells as Beads in the Palaeolithic and Neolithic of the Levant
Late Pleistocene and Early Holocene finds from Öküzini
The early Upper Paleolithic occupations at Üçağızlı Cave (Hatay, Turkey)
Shells and ochre in Middle Paleolithic Qafzeh Cave, Israel
Coastal hunter-gatherers and social evolution
On the evolution of diet and landscape during the Upper Paleolithic through Mesolithic at Franchthi Cave (Peloponnese, Greece)
Sea-level change and shore-line evolution in Aegean Greece since Upper Palaeolithic time
Late Quaternary sea-level changes and archaeology
Mesolithic to Neolithic transitions
"The Gravettian burial known as the Prince ("Il Principe)
Palaeolithic mollusc exploitation at Riparo Mochi (Balzi Rossi, Italy)
Feast or famine? Epipalaeolithic subsistence in the northern Adriatic basin
Shellfish Feeders, Carrion Eaters, and the Archaeology of Aquatic Adaptations
What's a Mother to Do
Palaeodiets of Humans and Fauna at the Spanish Mesolithic Site of El Collado
The Tortoise and the Hare
Reports The Earliest Aurignacian of Riparo Mochi (Liguria, Italy)
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| Citation span | 2011 - 2026 (16) |
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| Citation types | Neutral: 140 |