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Author:   Michael J. Allen
Publisher:   Oxbow Books
Imprint:   Oxbow Books
Volume:   3
ISBN:  

9781785706080

ISBN 10:   178570608
Pages:   448
Publication Date:   30 June 2017
Audience:   College/higher education ,  Professional and scholarly ,  Tertiary & Higher Education ,  Professional & Vocational
Format:   Paperback
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Table of Contents

Preface List of contributors Acknowledgements Molluscs in Archaeology; an introduction Michael J. Allen and Bas Payne Part 1: Palaeo-environments; environment and land-use Terrestrial habitats, contexts and landscapes 1. Land snails in archaeology Michael J. Allen 2. The geoarchaeology of context; sampling for land snails (on archaeological sites and colluvium) Michael J. Allen 3. Numerical approaches to land snail palaeoecology Matt Law 4. Molluscs and the palaeo-environment of coastal blown sand and dunes Thomas Walker 5. Molluscs from machair-dune systems: archaeological site formation processes and environmental change Matt Law and Nigel Thew 6. Caves and molluscs Chris O. Hunt and Evan A. Hill Wetlands and Fresh- and Brackish-water 7. Molluscs from the floodplain alluvial sediments in the Thames Valley Mark Robinson 8. Wetlands; freshwater and slum communities Terry O'Connor Palaeo-environmental reconstruction: Europe, the Mediterranean and Near East 9. The southern English chalklands: molluscan evidence for the nature of the post-glacial woodland cover Michael J. Allen 10. (Some thoughts on) using molluscs for landscape reconstruction and ecology in Malta Michael J. Allen and Bri Eastabook 11. Molluscan remains from Early to Middle Holocene sites in the Iron Gates reach of the Danube, Southeast Europe Catriona Pickard, Adina Boroneant and Clive Bonsall 12. Land Mollusc middens Victoria K. Taylor and Martin Bell Marine and Food and Diet 13. Marine molluscs from archaeological contexts; how they can inform interpretations of former economies and environments Liz Somerville, Janice Light and Michael J. Allen 14. Oysters in archaeology Jessica Winder 15. Shell middens Karen Hardy 16. The collection, processing and curation of archaeological marine shells Greg Campbell Artefacts 17. Shell ornaments, icons and other artefacts from the eastern Mediterranean and Levant Janet Ridout-Sharpe 18. Molluscan shells as raw materials for artefact production Katherine Szabo 19. How strong is the evidence for purple dye extraction from the muricid gastropod Nucella lapillus (L. 1758), from archaeological sites in Britain and Ireland? Janice Light and Thomas Walker 20. Marine shells as artefacts?; a cautionary tale of natural wear and tear as compared to resourceful anthropogenic modification processes Janice Light Science and Shells 21. Bivalves and Radiocarbon Ricardo Fernandes and Alexander Dreves 22. Radiocarbon dating of marine and terrestrial shell Katerina Douka 23. Stable Isotope ecology of terrestrial gastropod shells Andre Carlo Colonese Index

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Particular strengths of this volume are that it integrates studies of terrestrial and marine molluscs, each often pursued separately, and covers a wide range of themes ranging from palaeoenvironmental and palaeoeconomic topics to the use of molluscs as sources of information about technology, symbolism, dating and diet. -- Professor Geoff Bailey * Misc. US reviewer * ...an excellent, up to date, practical and useful reference book... ably demonstrates that this sub-discipline of palaeo-environmental scientific application and research is very healthy with a wide range of specialists currently available. -- Charles French * Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society *

Particular strengths of this volume are that it integrates studies of terrestrial and marine molluscs, each often pursued separately, and covers a wide range of themes ranging from palaeoenvironmental and palaeoeconomic topics to the use of molluscs as sources of information about technology, symbolism, dating and diet. -- Professor Geoff Bailey Misc. US reviewer

Author Information

Mike Allen is one of the UK's leading environmental archaeologists. He has taught at Bournemouth University and was Environmental Manager at Wessex Archaeology for 19 years. He now runs his own company offering analysis, environmental and geoarchaeological services on field, assessment and post-excavation programmes. He is an experienced author and editor, is a series editor for Studying Scientific Archaeology and was President of the Conchological Society from 2012-2015.

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