The Cultural Dynamics of Shell-Matrix Sites

Mirjana Roksandic (Edited by), Sheila Mendonca de Souza (Edited by), Sabine Eggers (Edited by), Meghan Burchell (Edited by), Daniela Klokler (Edited by)

9780826354563

Hardback, published 30 July 2014

416 pages
27.9 x 21.5 x 3.3 cm, 0.8 kg

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.