Shells / Cheryl Claassen.
Shells / Cheryl Claassen.
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Date
1998.
Call Numbers
G 2013/5980
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Language
English
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Physical content
xiv, 266 p. : ill., maps ; 26 cm.
Contents
1. The archaeology of shell matrix sites -- 2. Shelled animals: biology and predation -- 3. Taphonomy of shell and shell assemblages -- 4. Quantification of archaeological shell -- 5. Paleoenvironmental reconstruction -- 6. Season of death -- 7. Dietary reconstruction -- 8. The shell artifact -- 9....
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Publisher
Cambridge, U.K. ; New York, NY, USA : Cambridge University Press, 1998.
Place of Publication
England
Date Published
1998.
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Summary
Cheryl Claassen offers an authoritative, readable and clear guide to the study of shells, which is addressed to students and professional archaeologists and paleontologists. She considers the history of archaeological interest in shells, the biology of freshwater and marine molluscs, and critically discusses current techniques, methods, and researc...
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Shells / Cheryl Claassen.
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Cambridge manuals in archaeology.
Includes bibliographical references (p. 236-259) and indexes.
State Reference Library copy: transferred from REF N930.1/65.
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G 2013/5980
Record Identifier
74VvEVQe8k5O
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https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VvEVQe8k5O
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ISBN
0521570360 (hbk.)
9780521570367 (hardback)
0521570360 (hardback)
9780521578523 (paperback)
0521578523 (paperback)
9780521578523 (pbk.)
0521578523 (pbk.)
9780521570367 (hbk.)
DDC
930.1
MMS ID
991011645329702626
