Analysis of the Size, Shape, and Modeled Age of Common Limpets (Patella vulgata) from Late Norse Middens at Sandwick, Unst, Shetland Islands, UK: Evidence for Anthropogenic and Climatic Impacts

Zooarchaeological faunal remains are commonly examined to investigate harvesting behavior. We determined limpet (Patella vulgata) shell size and shape, and estimated shell age from several middens at the Late Norse Sandwick South Site, Unst, Shetland, UK, whose strata represent distinct occupational...

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Published in:Journal of island and coastal archaeology 2018-07, Vol.13 (3), p.341-370
Main Authors: Harris, Carolynn M., Ambrose, William G., Bigelow, Gerald F., Locke V, William L., Silverberg, Sarah Mae B.
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Age
Annual variations
Anthropogenic factors
Archaeology
Change agents
Climate
Environmental aspects
Environmental factors
Extreme weather
Harvesting
human harvesting
Human influences
Ice ages
Intertidal environment
Intertidal zone
Islands
Length
Marine molluscs
Mollusks
Patella vulgata
Phases
Population structure
Populations
Sandwick bay
Shape
Shetland
Storms
Time periods
zooarchaeology
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