The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix SitesMirjana Roksandic, Sheila Mendonça de Souza, Sabine Eggers, Meghan Burchell, Daniela Klokler The excavation of shell middens and mounds is an important source of information regarding past human diet, settlement, technology, and paleoenvironments. The contributors to this book introduce new ways to study shell-matrix sites, ranging from the geochemical analysis of shellfish to the interpretation of human remains buried within. Drawing upon examples from around the world, this is one of the only books to offer a global perspective on the archaeology of shell-matrix sites. "A substantial contribution to the literature on the subject and . . . essential reading for archaeologists and others who work on this type of site."--Barbara Voorhies, University of California, Santa Barbara, author of Coastal Collectors in the Holocene: The Chantuto People of Southwest Mexico |
Contents
Factors Influencing the Formation of Large Shell Mounds in Californias Santa Barbara | 1 |
The Key Marco Site A Planned Shell Mound Community on the Southwest Florida Coast | 11 |
Architecture and Midden | 21 |
Defining Function by Contrasting Details | 41 |
Late Holocene Coastal Economies and the Anadara granosaDominated Shell Mounds of Northern | 57 |
Archaeology Physical Anthropology and the Evolution | 91 |
Cultural Formation Processes of the Bioarchaeological Record of a Brazilian Shell Mound | 103 |
New Photographic Evidence on the 1954 Excavations at Moita do Sebastião Muge Portugal | 131 |
Intensification and Generalization | 199 |
Zooarchaeological Studies of Inland Brazilian Shell Mounds | 213 |
Shellfish and Resource Sustainability on the Central Northwest Coast of North America | 223 |
Implications for Interpreting Seasonality | 241 |
A Comparative Analysis of Shellfish | 251 |
A Pilot Study | 267 |
MicroRemains Trapped in Dental Calculus Reveal Plants Consumed by Brazilian | 279 |
Landscape and Use of Plants by Southern and Southeastern Brazilian Shell Mound Builders | 289 |
Feasting at the Jabuticabeira II Site | 151 |
A Challenge for Paleodemographers | 163 |
A Test Using Prehistoric Ceramist and NonCeramist | 173 |
General Considerations about the Bioarchaeological Contexts in Patagonian Coast | 189 |
References | 301 |
Contributors | 355 |
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The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites Mirjana Roksandic,Sabine Eggers,Meghan Burchell No preview available - 2014 |