Mesolithic to Neolithic transitions: new results from shell-middens in the western Algarve, Portugal

New research on shell middens in the Algarve region of southern Portugal shows continuity of marine exploitation from the Mesolithic into the early Neolithic periods, where the Neolithic period is defined by the appearance of pottery in c 5500BC. The authors propose that either shellfish remained im...

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Published in:Antiquity 2003-03, Vol.77 (295), p.75-86
Main Authors: Stiner, Mary C., Bicho, Nuno F., Lindly, John, Ferring, Reid
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Algarve
Analysis
Aquatic life
Archaeological artifacts
Archaeology
early Neolithic
Europe
Food
Food and nutrition
Fossils
Keywords
Kitchen middens
Mesolithic
Mesolithic Age
Mesolithic period
Neolithic Age
Neolithic and chalcolithic
Neolithic period
Paleontology
Portugal
Pottery
Prehistoric peoples
Prehistory and protohistory
seafood
shell middens
Shellfish
Shells
South West Europe
taphonomy
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Analysis
Aquatic life
Archaeological artifacts
Archaeology
early Neolithic
Europe
Food
Food and nutrition
Fossils
Keywords
Kitchen middens
Mesolithic
Mesolithic Age
Mesolithic period
Neolithic Age
Neolithic and chalcolithic
Neolithic period
Paleontology
Portugal
Pottery
Prehistoric peoples
Prehistory and protohistory
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shell middens
Shellfish
Shells
South West Europe
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title Mesolithic to Neolithic transitions: new results from shell-middens in the western Algarve, Portugal
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