Shellfish Collection Practices of the First Inhabitants of Southwestern Puerto Rico: The Effects of Site Type and Paleoenvironment on Habitat Choice

After decades of study, much remains unknown about the foraging practices of the earliest inhabitants of Puerto Rico. Here, we present an analysis of the malacological assemblages of two neighboring and (partially) contemporary early sites from the island's southwest, finding intriguing intersi...

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Published in:Latin American antiquity 2021-12, Vol.32 (4), p.850-857
Main Authors: Pestle, William J., Laguer-Díaz, Carmen, Schneider, M. Jesse, Carden, Megan, Sherman, Clark E., Koski-Karell, Daniel
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