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Shells

Title: Shells / Cheryl Claassen.
Author: Claassen, Cheryl, 1953-
Publication: Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.

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Description

xiv, 266 pages : illustrations, maps; 26 cm.

Summary

Cheryl Claassen offers an authoritative, readable and clear guide to the study of shells, which is addressed to students and professional archaeologists and paleontologists. She considers the history of archaeological interest in shells, the biology of freshwater and marine molluscs, and critically discusses current techniques, methods, and research problems. Drawing on examples worldwide, and covering prehistoric and historic periods, among the topics covered are: Is shell deposit natural or cultural? How long do shells last? What can shells tell us about the environmental characteristics and ancient habitats or about the people who collected them? What symbolic roles have shells served in human societies?

Series Statement

Cambridge manuals in archaeology

Uniform Title

Cambridge manuals in archaeology

Subject

Bibliography (note)

Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-259) and indexes.

Contents

The archaeology of shell matrix sites -- Shelled animals: biology and predation -- Taphonomy of shell and shell assemblages -- Quantification of archaeological shell -- Paleoenvironmental reconstruction -- Season of death -- Dietary reconstruction -- The shell artifact -- Shells and social organization.

ISBN

0521570360
9780521570367
0521578523
9780521578523

LCCN

97035274

OCLC

ocm37725490
37725490
SCSB-542757

Owning Institutions

Princeton University Library