Molluscan calendars: The use of growth-line analysis to establish seasonality of shellfish collection at the Mesolithic site of Morton,Fife |
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| Authors: | Margaret R. Deith |
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| Affiliation: | 1. University of Cambridge, Sub-Department of Quaternary Research, The Godwin Laboratory, Free School Lane, Cambridge, England |
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| Abstract: | The technique of growth-line analysis is used to examine seasonal growth patterns in modern specimens of the edible cockle, Cerastoderma edule L. The modern control work provides a basis for the interpretation of seasonal collection in archaeological cockles, and is applied to shells from the Mesolithic site of Morton, Fife. The seasonal use of the site is shown to be clearly related to site function. |
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| Keywords: | Scotland Fife Morton mesolithic growth-line analysis shells seasonality site function shell midden |
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