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shell middens

Description: Archaeological deposits of discarded shells and other domestic refuse that preserve evidence of past human activity and coastal environments.
Wikidata ID: wiki/Q1152199
OpenAlex ID: keywords/shell-middens
A 100,000-Year-Old Ochre-Processing Workshop at Blombos Cave, South Africa
2011 · Christopher S. Henshilwood, Francesco d’Errico, et al. · Science · 605
Sea-Level Research: A Manual for the Collection and Evaluation of Data
1988 · John T. Hollin, Orson van der Plassche, et al. · Arctic and Alpine Research · 461
The Stratigraphy of Shell Concentrations
1991 · Susan M. Kidwell · Topics in geobiology · 397
Shellfish Gathering and Shell Midden Archaeology
1987 · GREGORY A. WASELKOV · Elsevier eBooks · 328
Brain-specific lipids from marine, lacustrine, or terrestrial food resources: potential impact on early African Homo sapiens
2002 · C.Leigh Broadhurst, Yiqun Wang, et al. · Comparative Biochemistry and Physiology Part B Biochemistry and Molecular Biology · 307
Shell Middens, Ships and Seeds: Exploring Coastal Subsistence, Maritime Trade and the Dispersal of Domesticates in and Around the Ancient Arabian Peninsula
2009 · Nicole Boivin, Dorian Q. Fuller · Journal of World Prehistory · 269
Eighth Millennium Pottery from a Prehistoric Shell Midden in the Brazilian Amazon
1991 · A. C. Roosevelt, R. A. Housley, et al. · Science · 262
Shell bed to shell midden
1975 · Meehan, Betty Francis · ANU Open Research (Australian National University) · 251
The Brazilian sea-level curves: a critical review with emphasis on the curves from the Paranaguáand Cananéia regions
1997 · Rodolfo José Angulo, Guilherme Camargo Lessa · Marine Geology · 247
Flutuações Do Nível Relativo Do Mar Durante O Quaternário Superior Ao Longo Do Litoral Brasileiro E Suas Implicações Na Sedimentação Costeira
1985 · KENITIRO SUGUIO, LOUIS MARTIN, et al. · Revista Brasileira de Geociências · 247
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Deciphering a Shell Midden
1992 · Julie K. Stein · Medical Entomology and Zoology · 223
The Ethnoarchaeology of Juvenile Foragers: Shellfishing Strategies among Meriam Children
2000 · Douglas W. Bird, Rebecca Bliege Bird · Journal of Anthropological Archaeology · 208
The Amazon and the Anthropocene: 13,000 years of human influence in a tropical rainforest
2013 · A.C. Roosevelt · Anthropocene · 204
The climate of the last 2000 years in southern Africa
1992 · P.D. Tyson, J.A. Lindesay · The Holocene · 192
as a dietary indicator in modern and archaeological bone
1991 · J.C. Sealy, N.J. van der Merwe, et al. · Journal of Archaeological Science · 186
Habitat selection by young-of-the-year Dungeness crab Cancer magister and predation risk in intertidal habitats
1993 · M Fernandez, O Iribame, et al. · Marine Ecology Progress Series · 170
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Shell midden research in Atlantic Europe: State of the art, research problems and perspectives for the future
2011 · Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti, Søren H. Andersen, et al. · Quaternary International · 165
Sambaqui (Shell Mound) Societies of Coastal Brazil
2008 · Maria Dulce Gaspar, Paulo DeBlasis, et al. · Springer eBooks · 159
Prehistoric hunters and gatherers of Brazil
1987 · Pedro Ignacio Schmitz · Journal of World Prehistory · 149
Earthworm Activity: A Source of Potential Disturbance of Archaeological Sediments
1983 · Julie K. Stein · American Antiquity · 146
The Ysterfontein 1 Middle Stone Age Rock Shelter and the Evolution of Coastal Foraging
2008 · Graham Avery, David Halkett, et al. · 145
The role of molluscs in coastal economies: The results of midden analysis in Australia
1975 · G.N. Bailey · Journal of Archaeological Science · 140
Shellfish-Eating Preceramic Indians in Coastal Brazil
1976 · Rhodes W. Fairbridge · Science · 138
Prehistoric cultural ecology and evolution: insights from Southern Jordan
1996 · Choice Reviews Online · 137
Sambaqui: arqueologia do litoral brasileiro.
2001 · Francisco Silva Noelli · Revista do Museu de Arqueologia e Etnologia · 136
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Citation count: 31,510
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