Human forager response to abrupt climate change at 8.2 ka on the Atlantic coast of Europe

A García-Escárzaga, I Gutiérrez-Zugasti… - Scientific Reports, 2022 - nature.com
The cooling and drying associated with the so-called '8.2 ka event'have long been
hypothesized as having swee** implications for human societies in the Early Holocene …

A refined protocol for calculating MNI in archaeological molluscan shell assemblages: A Marshall Islands case study

M Harris, M Weisler, P Faulkner - Journal of Archaeological Science, 2015 - Elsevier
Comprehensive and transparent protocols for calculating Minimum Number of Individuals
(MNI) for archaeological faunal assemblages are critical to data quality, comparability, and …

The role of shellfish in human subsistence during the Mesolithic of Atlantic Europe: An approach from meat yield estimations

A García-Escárzaga, I Gutiérrez-Zugasti - Quaternary International, 2021 - Elsevier
In spite of the increased number of investigations of the Mesolithic period in Atlantic Europe,
including studies that have focused on reconstructing human diets, the information about the …

Problems of identification and quantification in archaeozoological analysis, part II: presentation of an alternative counting method

E Morin, E Ready, A Boileau, C Beauval… - … Method and Theory, 2017 - Springer
Archaeozoologists commonly use Number of Identified SPecimens (NISP) and Minimum
Number of Elements (MNE) as measures of anatomical abundances. According to a blind …

The role of shellfish in hunter–gatherer societies during the Early Upper Palaeolithic: A view from El Cuco rockshelter, northern Spain

I Gutiérrez-Zugasti, D Cuenca-Solana… - Journal of …, 2013 - Elsevier
The role of coastal resources in the subsistence strategies of Palaeolithic human
populations has only recently become an important topic in Old World archaeology …

Use-wear analysis: an optimal methodology for the study of shell tools

D Cuenca-Solana, I Gutiérrez-Zugasti… - Quaternary …, 2017 - Elsevier
The analysis of tools made on animal hard tissues, especially shells, has been of little
interest to archaeology, especially compared to stone and bone tools. The analysis of use …

[HTML][HTML] What can microshells tell us? A case-study from the Palaeolithic site of Riparo Bombrini (Balzi Rossi, NW Italy)

S Gazzo, F Negrino, J Riel-Salvatore… - Quaternary Science …, 2023 - Elsevier
The exploitation of marine molluscs during the Middle and Upper Palaeolithic is a topic that
has been extensively investigated over the last few years, shedding light on human …

Neandertal camps and hyena dens. Living floor 150A at Grotta dei Santi (Monte Argentario, Tuscany, Italy)

V Spagnolo, J Crezzini, G Marciani, G Capecchi… - Journal of …, 2020 - Elsevier
Grotta dei Santi represents a very suitable investigation field for carrying out an inquiry into
the Neandertal behaviour at a high-resolution time scale, in order to obtain data useful for …

Peering into the unseen: Novel methods in identifying shell taxa from archaeological micro-fragments

A Oertle, K Szabó, S Gaqa, HC Cawthra… - Journal of …, 2022 - Elsevier
Archaeomalacological analysis is generally undertaken on recovered macro-remains to
characterize the overall composition of faunal remains in a deposit. Given the susceptibility …

Ritual stone‐built architecture and shell midden foundation: A semisubterranean structure in hyperarid Atacama Desert coast, Northern Chile

X Power, L Sitzia, S Yrarrázaval, D Salazar… - …, 2022 - Wiley Online Library
Hunter‐gatherer architectural practices are one of the main sources of data to understand
the complex land use of these societies. In the hyperarid Atacama Desert coast (Northern …