Bivalve-growth Patterning as a Method for Seasonal Dating in Archaeology

Coutts, P. J. F.

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“…Microgrowth patterns of intertidal bivalve shells are particularly useful for archeological research, e.g., to gain insight into shellfish collection practices of ancient human populations (couTTS, 1970;koike, 1975;andruS & crowe, 2000). In young specimens where microgrowth patterns are easy to recognize, the date of collection can be estimated to within about two weeks by growth increment counts (hallMann & others, 2009).…”

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“…2012 Surge & walker, 2006) are preserved in many archeological shell middens and shellbearing deposits in nearly all coastal environments. These midden deposits provide an inexhaustible resource for studies on seasonal mobility patterns and resource use by past populations, as well as paleoclimate and paleoseasonality studies (couTTS, 1970;koike, 1975;QuiTMyer, JoneS, & arnold, 1997;andruS & crowe, 2000;hallMann & others, 2009;MiyaJi & others, 2010).…”

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Treatise Online no. 46: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 14: Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistry

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Surge²

2012

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“…many times these structures represent physiological responses to environmental stimuli that can be regarded as biorecordings of the life and times of an organism (Jones and Quitmyer, 1996). It was not until the last half of the 20th century that scientists realized the potential of asking and answering natural history questions through the study of these structures (wells, 1963;Buddemeier, maragos, and Knutson, 1974;hudson et al, 1976 (weide, 1969;coutts, 1970coutts and higham, 1971;ham and Irvine, 1975;Koike, 1975)? the answer to such a question helps to define settlement patterns, and subsistence strategies.…”

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“…Such studies were in their infancy in the mid-1970s, with only a limited literature then available (esp. Clark, 1968Clark, , 1974Weide, 1969;Coutts, 1970Coutts, , 1975Coutts and Higham, 1971;Ham and Irvine, 1975;Kennish and Olsson, 1975;Koike, 1975).…”

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Anthropol. Pap. Am. Mus. Nat. Hist.

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“…Con este propósito, desde fines de 1970 se vienen aplicando diferentes técnicas de análisis, siendo el estudio de los patrones de crecimiento en los moluscos uno de los métodos más utilizados para determinar la estacionalidad en contextos arqueológicos. (Coutts 1970;Clark II 1979;Rhoads y Lutz 1980;Aten 1982;Claassen 1982Claassen , 1986Claassen , 1990Deith 1983, Quitmyer et al 1997Andrus 2011;Colonese et al2011Colonese et al , 2012.…”

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Esclerocronología en valvas de Mytilus spp: análisis del sitio CCH4 (Parque Nacional Monte León, Santa Cruz, Argentina) e implicaciones para la arqueología de Patagonia

Lobbia¹

2012

Magallania

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RESUMENLos restos malacológicos constituyen una parte abundante del registro arqueológico en la costa patagónica. Estos depósitos brindan información acerca de la ocupación humana del litoral atlántico de Patagonia mostrando que constituyeron un recurso que ha sido explotado al menos desde hace 7.400 años AP. Considerando que se trata de un recurso disponible todo el año, es fundamental determinar la estación en la que fueron recolectados ya que esta información no solo permitiría dilucidar la importancia del recurso en la economía de los grupos humanos involucrados, sino también ofrecería información valiosa para el análisis de la ocupación humana en las costas. El objetivo de este trabajo consiste en determinar la estacionalidad de recolección de los mejillones Mytilus spp. provenientes del sitio CCH4, P.N. Monte León. La muestra analizada consiste en valvas de estos moluscos que fueron acondicionadas para su análisis esclerocronológico. Se analizó el patrón de crecimiento de las valvas, se calcularon incrementos máximos y mínimos y se compararon los resultados obtenidos con datos de moluscos actuales analizados por otros investigadores. Los resultados obtenidos demostraron que el mayor porcentaje (42,30%) de moluscos fueron recolectados en verano. En invierno se recolectó el 30,77% de los mejillones y valores menores fueron observados en otoño (15,28%) y primavera (11,54%). Esto estaría indicando, por un lado, una utilización del recurso durante todo el año y también una variación en la intensidad de la actividad de recolección de acuerdo a la estación.PALABRAS CLAVE: Mytilus spp., zooarqueología, esclerocronología, Patagonia. showing that it is a resource that has been exploited at least, since 7.400 years BP. Being a resource available all year, it is essential to determine the season in which they were collected, this information will not only provide information about the importance of the resource in the economy of the human groups, but also provide valuable information for analyzing human occupation on the coast. The aim of this study is to determine the seasonal harvesting of Mytilus spp. from the site CCH4, N.P. Monte León. The sample analyzed consists of shells of Mytilus spp. that were conditioned for sclerochronological analysis. We analyzed the growth pattern of the shells, calculated maximum and minimum increments and compared the results with data from modern shells analyzed by other researchers. The results showed that the highest percentage (42,30%) of shellfish were collected in summer. In winter, the percentage of shells collected was 30,77% and lower values were observed in autumn (15,28%) and spring (11,54%). This would indicate, first, resource utilization throughout the year and also a variation in the intensity of harvesting activity on the season.

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Bivalve-growth Patterning as a Method for Seasonal Dating in Archaeology

Cited by 35 publications

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Treatise Online no. 46: Part N, Revised, Volume 1, Chapter 14: Bivalve sclerochronology and geochemistry

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