Shell Energy
Mollusc Shells as Coastal Resources
Published on 8. October 2013
Book
Hardback
320 pages
978-1-84217-765-5 (ISBN)
Description
Shell middens are ubiquitous archaeological features on coastlines throughout the world that have been variously analysed and interpreted as mounds of food, burial places, or simply as convenient receptacles for the preservation of stratified remains. This volume brings together information about little known, or recently discovered, concentrations of shell mounds in areas including Africa, the near East, South-east Asia and the Americas as well as new work on mounds in the classic areas including Denmark, the Pacific NW coast and Japan. Discussions are presented on new approaches to interpretation involving the use of ethnographic studies, analysis of molluscs, the use of shell as a raw material for making artefacts and in construction, and the variable formation processes associated with mound formation.
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The book is beautifully composed and contains maps, stratigraphic profiles, and grayscale and color photographs. -- American Antiquity American AntiquityMore details
Language
English
Place of publication
Oxford
United Kingdom
Target group
College/higher education
Professional and scholarly
Illustrations
b/w & col. illus
Dimensions
Height: 275 mm
Width: 217 mm
ISBN-13
978-1-84217-765-5 (9781842177655)
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Schweitzer Classification
Persons
Karen Hardy is an archaeologist and works for ICREA (Catalan Institution for Research and Advanced Training) at the Universitat Autonoma de Barcelona. Her principal research interests lie in pioneer populations, human adaptations, pre-agrarian diet and plant-based technology.
Content
Contents for Shell Energy
Introduction
1. Shell energy: an introduction Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy, Abdoulaye Camara
North America
2. Beyond subsistence: the social and symbolic meanings of shellfish in Northwest Coast societies Madonna L. Moss
3. Revealing the hidden dimensions of Pacific Northwest Coast shell middens Aubrey Cannon
4. Freshwater shell mounds of the Ohio River Valley, USA Cheryl Claassen
5. Prehistoric shell landscapes of the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida Margo Schwadron
6. Invertebrates on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: the use of shellfish as bait Cheryl Claassen
7. Prehistoric shell middens on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: food production, structures and site formation Ignacio Clemente-Conte, Ermengol Gassiot Ballbe, Virginia Garcia-Diaz
South America
8. Ceramic sambaquis from the south coast of Brazil Pedro Ignacio Schmitz
9. Coast and hinterland: territory and resource management of the Selknam of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Estela Mansur, Raquel Pique
10. Methodological reflections on shell midden archaeology: issues from Tierra del Fuego ethnoarchaeology Jordi Estevez, Assumpcio Vila, Raquel Pique
Europe
11. The shell middens of Scotland's Inner Hebrides Karen Hardy
Introduction
1. Shell energy: an introduction Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy, Abdoulaye Camara
North America
2. Beyond subsistence: the social and symbolic meanings of shellfish in Northwest Coast societies Madonna L. Moss
3. Revealing the hidden dimensions of Pacific Northwest Coast shell middens Aubrey Cannon
4. Freshwater shell mounds of the Ohio River Valley, USA Cheryl Claassen
5. Prehistoric shell landscapes of the Ten Thousand Islands, Florida Margo Schwadron
6. Invertebrates on San Salvador Island, Bahamas: the use of shellfish as bait Cheryl Claassen
7. Prehistoric shell middens on the Caribbean Coast of Nicaragua: food production, structures and site formation Ignacio Clemente-Conte, Ermengol Gassiot Ballbe, Virginia Garcia-Diaz
South America
8. Ceramic sambaquis from the south coast of Brazil Pedro Ignacio Schmitz
9. Coast and hinterland: territory and resource management of the Selknam of Tierra del Fuego, Argentina Estela Mansur, Raquel Pique
10. Methodological reflections on shell midden archaeology: issues from Tierra del Fuego ethnoarchaeology Jordi Estevez, Assumpcio Vila, Raquel Pique
Europe
11. The shell middens of Scotland's Inner Hebrides Karen Hardy