Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites, Hardcover by Roksandic, Mirjana (EDT...
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Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites, Hardcover by Roksandic, Mirjana (EDT.... Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites, Hardcover by Roksandic, Mirjana (EDT); De Souza, Sheila Mendonça (EDT); Eggers, Sabine (EDT); Burchell, Meghan (EDT); Klokler, Daniela (EDT), ISBN 0826354564, ISBN-13 9780826354563, Like New Used, Free shipping in the US Shell-matrix archeological sites are found throughout the world; the ones in this study date from paleolithic to recent times. They are the remains of garbage heaps where people shucked large amounts of hard shellfish--mussels, oysters, scallops, clams—or architectural features built from such shells. They may mark temporary camps, landscape markers, or permanent habitations. This book looks at new ways these sites can be studied to reveal the maximum possible amount of information. Contributors here look at information from paleoclimate and ecology to human diet patterns, settlement, and technology. Techniques range from the analysis of human remains buried in such sites to the geochemical analysis of shell material. Th offers case examples from all over the world, and is divided into three sections: typology and function, people and burials, and subsistence and ecology. Its readership will be limited to specialists, but th significantly expands the very few general resources available on this subject. Annotation ©2014 Ringgold, Inc., Portland, OR ()
