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"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"--

SOCIAL SCIENCE / Archaeology. --- Ethnoarchaeology. --- Coastal archaeology. --- Social archaeology. --- Excavations (Archaeology) --- Human remains (Archaeology) --- Fish remains (Archaeology) --- Kitchen-middens --- Archaeology --- Archaeological digs --- Archaeological excavations --- Digs (Archaeology) --- Excavation sites (Archaeology) --- Ruins --- Sites, Excavation (Archaeology) --- Bioarchaeology --- Skeletal remains (Archaeology) --- Human skeleton --- Primate remains (Archaeology) --- Fishes in archaeology --- Animal remains (Archaeology) --- Middens, Kitchen --- Sambaquis --- Shell heaps --- Shell middens --- Shell mounds --- Indians of North America --- Terremare --- Coastal sites (Archaeology) --- Coasts --- Ethnic archaeology --- Ethnicity in archaeology --- Ethnology in archaeology --- Ethnology --- Social archaeology --- Social aspects. --- Analysis. --- Methodology --- Antiquities

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