The use of coastal resources has been crucial for human diet and social behaviour evolution
has been extensively documented since the Middle Palaeolithic, mainly in the western …

In recent years, modified Mediterranean marine shells (especially Columbella rustica) have
been documented in Mesolithic sites in the Southern Pyrenees and Ebro Basin. Some …

Limpets & Periwinkles in Cantabrian Spain between 22,000 and 15,000 Cal BC:
Archaeomalacological remains at Altamira Cave. This paper presents the …

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 …

Human activities have an impact on extant biotic communities, and may have had just as
important an impact in the past. We assess human impact on limpet assemblages during the …

The exploitation of marine molluscs by Mediterranean hunter-gatherers increased from the
Upper Palaeolithic onwards, although their role in subsistence has rarely been investigated …

abstract The 1980s excavations at the El Collado, a large open-air Mesolithic site on the
Eastern coast of Spain, revealed a sequence of human occupations consisting of a large …

The consumption of wild resources, including molluscs, continued in the first farming
societies together with the consumption of domestic resources. Remains of continental and …

This paper presents the results of a preliminary study of malacological materials in the
archaeological sites of the Roc del Migdia and the Cingle Vermell. The rock shelters are …

A noteworthy, well-preserved non-marine mollusc fauna has been recorded from Middle
Pliocene silty sediments at Ceresole d'Alba (Piedmont, NW Italy), a site described by F …