Marine mollusc exploitation in Mediterranean prehistory: an overview

AC Colonese, MA Mannino, DEBY Mayer, DA Fa… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
… the exploitation of marine molluscs by prehistoric Mediterranean … changes in marine mollusc
exploitation occurred through … molluscs made to the subsistence and diet of Mediterranean

… ? Investigating prehistoric hunter-gatherer subsistence, mobility and territoriality in a Mediterranean coastal landscape through isotope analyses on marine mollusc …

MA Mannino, KD Thomas, MJ Leng, R Di Salvo… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
… Oxygen isotope analyses on shells of Osilinus turbinatus show that in the late Pleistocene
the exploitation of marine molluscs at the Addaura caves, relatively close to the shoreline, was …

[PDF][PDF] A matter of taste? Mode and periodicity of marine mollusc exploitation on the Mediterranean island of Favignana (Ègadi Islands, Italy) during its isolation in the …

MA Mannino, KD Thomas, ER Crema, MJ Leng - Archaeofauna, 2014 - researchgate.net
… to the Mediterranean Basin, it is, thus, essential to undertake studies on prehistoric mollusc
… , biometry and seasonality of collection of the exploited shellfish. This should allow us to …

Time for the tide. New perspectives on hunter–fisher–gatherer exploitation of intertidal resources in Atlantic Europe and Mediterranean regions

I Gutiérrez-Zugasti, D Cuenca-Solana… - Quaternary …, 2016 - Elsevier
… evident that intertidal resources, particularly molluscs, featured on the menus of … -Mediterranean
coast of northern Africa. When not exploited for their nutritional value, shells of molluscs

Shellfish collectors on the seashore: The exploitation of the marine environment between the end of the Paleolithic and the Mesolithic in the Mediterranean Iberia

D Román, M Martínez-Andreu, G Aguilella… - The Journal of Island …, 2022 - Taylor & Francis
… It has also been observed among recent and prehistoric hunter-gatherer … the Mediterranean
and Atlantic coasts. In general, they show a wide range of exploitation, largely of mollusks, …

Marine resources exploitation by Palaeolithic hunter-fisher-gatherers and Neolithic tribal societies in the historical region of the Strait of Gibraltar

J Ramos, S Domínguez-Bella, JJ Cantillo… - Quaternary …, 2011 - Elsevier
prehistoric societies on both sides of the Strait. It is becoming clear that an early exploitation
of … Evidence for the capture of dolphins and seals as well as molluscs collection is noted in …

Shells and humans: Molluscs and other coastal resources from the earliest human occupations at the Mesolithic Shell Midden of El Mazo (Asturias, Northern Spain)

A García Escárzaga, FI Gutiérrez Zugasti… - 2017 - repositorio.unican.es
molluscs were exploited with high intensity at least from the Azilian (c. 12.5 kys cal BP)
suggesting the existence of resource intensification. Understanding human-shell interactions in …

[PDF][PDF] Holocene coastal change and intertidal mollusc exploitation in the central Mediterranean: variations in shell size and morphology at Grotta d'Oriente (Sicily)

AC Colonese, D Lo Vetro, F Martini - Archaeofauna, 2014 - revistas.uam.es
… study on marine mollusc remains revealed exploitation focused … These previous observations
suggest that molluscs at ORT may … In anticipation of further regional studies on prehistoric

El Collado shell midden and the exploitation patterns of littoral resources during the Mesolithic in the Eastern Iberian Peninsula

JFL de Pablo, S Gabriel - Quaternary international, 2016 - Elsevier
mollusc and comparatively small fish bone assemblages using materials from J. Aparicio's
excavations housed in the Prehistory … preserved in the Mediterranean archaeological record. …

Year-round shellfish exploitation in the Levant and implications for Upper Palaeolithic hunter-gatherer subsistence

MD Bosch, MA Mannino, AL Prendergast… - Journal of …, 2018 - Elsevier
… In the Mediterranean region, marine molluscs were exploited … types that were exploited by
the prehistoric occupants of the site (… , the exploitation of intertidal rocky shore molluscs by the …