Molluscs in Archaeology: Methods, Approaches and Applications
The subject of 'Molluscs in Archaeology' has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow's 'Studying Scientific Archaeology' series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes.
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- Full title :Molluscs in Archaeology : Methods, Approaches and Applications.
Summary
The subject of 'Molluscs in Archaeology' has not been dealt with collectively for several decades. This new volume in Oxbow's 'Studying Scientific Archaeology' series addresses many aspects of molluscs in archaeology. It will give the reader an overview of the whole topic; methods of analysis and approaches to interpretation. It aims to be a broad based text book giving readers an insight of how to apply analysis to different present and past landscapes and how to interpret those landscapes.
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- Publication Date:2017.
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Oxbow books
- Place of Publication:Havertown
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2017.
The Physical Object
- Description:1 online resource (449 pages)
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9781785706097, 1785706098
- oclc:ocn994810138
- LC Classification:CC79.5.M65
- Dewey Decimal:564
Table of Contents
Cover ; Title ; Copyright ; Dedication ; Contents ; Preface ; 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 dune-machair systems in the Western Isles: 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 ; PART 2: PALAEO-ENVIRONMENTAL RECONSTRUCTION: EUROPE, THE MEDITERRANEAN AND NEAR EAST.
9. The southern English chalklands: molluscan evidence for the nature of the post-glacial woodland cove…
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