Applied Zooarchaeology of Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Shell from Golson (22HU508), A Deasonville-Period Site on the Yazoo River, Mississippi

Excavations at Golson (22HU508), an archaeological site on the Yazoo River in western Mississippi, USA, produced an assemblage of over 4000 freshwater mussel shells, 77 percent of which were identifiable to species. Although limited spatial sampling of the deposits limits what can be said about past...

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Published in:Environmental archaeology : the journal of human palaeoecology 2018-04, Vol.23 (2), p.152-159
Main Authors: Peacock, Evan, Mitchell, Joseph, Buchner, C. Andrew
Format: Article
Language:English
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Applied zooarchaeology
biogeography
lower Mississippi River valley
restoration ecology
unionidae
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Summary:Excavations at Golson (22HU508), an archaeological site on the Yazoo River in western Mississippi, USA, produced an assemblage of over 4000 freshwater mussel shells, 77 percent of which were identifiable to species. Although limited spatial sampling of the deposits limits what can be said about past mussel community characteristics, twelve new river records for mussel species are derived from the assemblage. This typical result emphasises the value of archaeological shell assemblages for conservation biology and provides a rationale for why sites containing shell may be considered significant based upon their potential contributions to environmental history.
ISSN:1461-4103
1749-6314
DOI:10.1080/14614103.2017.1279841