Sclerochronological analysis of shell midden faunal remains offers a unique opportunity to
study climate and environmental change in relation to human activity. Middens exist near …

Modern human dispersal into Europe is thought to have occurred with the start of the Upper
Paleolithic around 50,000–40,000 y ago. The Levantine corridor hypothesis suggests that …

Accreting skeletal tissues found in bone, teeth, otoliths and molluscan shell act as sensitive
recorders of local environmental and climatic conditions. Owing to their robust nature …

Oxygen isotope geochemistry of Molluscan shell is an essential part of environmental
archaeology and over the last decade has contributed significantly to the understanding of …

Marine CO 2 seeps allow the study of the long-term effects of elevated pCO 2 (ocean
acidification) on marine invertebrate biomineralization. We investigated the effects of ocean …

The second most diverse phylum in the animal kingdom, the Mollusca occur in virtually all
the environments which are either occupied or exploited by humans. The study of mollusc …

Subsistence and mobility strategies of hunter-gatherers in the Mediterranean Basin during
the transition from the late Pleistocene to the early Holocene have been the object of few …

Mollusk shells excavated from archeological sites have been used to reconstruct
paleoenvironment, human foraging, and migratory patterns. To retrieve information on past …

The seasonal pattern of shellfish foraging at the archaeological site of Haua Fteah in the
Gebel Akhdar, Libya was investigated from the Epipaleolithic to the Neolithic via oxygen …

Recent work in three major research themes involving molluscs is reviewed: 1. molluscs in
past human diets and subsistence systems, sclerochemistry and seasonality studies on …