Estimating size-at-harvest from Indigenous archaeological clamshell assemblages in Coastal British Columbia

Estimating size-at-harvest from Indigenous archaeological clamshell assemblages in Coastal British Columbia

Shellfish have supported Indigenous lifeways on the Pacific Coast of North America for millennia. Despite the ubiquity of clamshells in archaeological sites, shell size measurements are rarely reported due to a lack of applicable basis for generating size estimates from fragmentary remains. We prese...

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Main Authors: Dylan Hillis, Kristina M. Barclay, Erin Foster, Hannah M. Kobluk, Taylor Vollman, Anne K. Salomon, Chris T. Darimont, Iain McKechnie
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Canadian Science Publishing 2024-01-01
Series:FACETS
Subjects:
archaeology
bivalves
historical ecology
Indigenous resource management
zooarchaeology
Online Access:https://facetsjournal.com/doi/10.1139/facets-2023-0128

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