Judith C. Shackleton

Marine Molluscan Remains from Franchthi Cave (eBook, ePUB)

Fascicle 4, Excavations at Franchthi Cave, Greece

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

" . . . the archaeological and paleoenvironmental data from Franchthi Cave are unique in providing a site-specific record of the cultural responses to great environmental changes." -Quarterly Research

The marine molluscan material covered here is the largest sample of its kind yet excavated in Greece.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: Indiana University Press
• Seitenzahl: 208
• Erscheinungstermin: 26. Oktober 2018
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780253044495
• Artikelnr.: 54578114

Autorenporträt

Judith C. Shackleton, the author of reports on ancient shell remains, was an associate of Cambridge University.

Inhaltsangabe

Acknowledgments
Foreword (T.W. Jacobsen)
Part I (Judith C. Shackleton)
Chapter One Introduction: The Site and the Methodology
Chapter Two The Marine Shell Record from Franchthi Cave
Chapter Three Habitats of the Principal Franchthi Molluscs
Chapter Four Reconstruction of Past Shore Environments and the Implications
for Shellfish Gathering
Chapter Five The Relationship between Franchthi Shell Assemblages and the
Shoreline Reconstructions
Chapter Six Shellfish Gathering and the Role of Marine Molluscs in the Diet
Chapter Seven Non-Utilitarian use of Marine Shell at Franchthi Cave
Chapter Eight Epilogue
Notes
Appendix A Water Sieving
Appendix B Micromolluscs
Appendix C Molluscan Assemblage Tables and Trench Information
Appendix D Cerastoderma Bead Making in Trench L5
Appendix E Worked Shell from Franchthi Cave
Part II (M.R. Deith and N.J. Shackleton)
Chapter Nine Oxygen Isotope Analyses of Marine Molluscs from Franchthi Cave
Appendix F Isotopic Profiles of Shells Analyzed
References for Parts I and II
Plates