Savoirs naturalistes et stratégies de collecte de Geloina erosa, Geloina expansa et Polymesoda bengalensis dans la mangrove de l’île de Siberut (Indonésie)

Burgos, Ariadna

doi:10.4000/ethnoecologie.2602

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“…Multiple socio-economic factors drive shell collection (Burgos 2016; Faugère and Senépart 2012; Malinowski 1974; Moss 1993). These include socio-political hierarchy in human groups, knowledge of marine environments, culturally specific technologies at a given time and place, as well as a dependency on marine resources.…”

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Archaeological Evidence for Collecting Empty Shells Along the French Atlantic Coast: An Important Activity for Coastal Populations

Dupont

2019

Journal of Ethnobiology

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This article discusses the importance of empty shells used as artifacts and their differences with mollusks collected for subsistence by means of three French archaeological examples. The aim is to help archaeologists consider all shells as potential artifacts. The first example considers shell ornaments of hunter-gatherer populations who lived along the Atlantic coast during the sixth millennium BC. The second example focuses on a “treasure box” belonging to a child buried between the third and fourth centuries AD. The third examines a decoration style dating from the third century AD, which consisted of decorating the walls of opulent villas with shells. The archaeomalacofaunal analysis of these examples of shell use entails a description of the physical characteristics of the chosen shells. It shows that the latter were carefully selected, but not necessarily modified before being used. It is clear that the shells were intended to be exposed, as prehistoric ornaments or elements of mural decoration. The shells that were selected differ from those selected for consumption. This is interesting, as it shows a marked division between the economic contribution of marine mollusks and the symbolic value bestowed upon the shell. One shared aspect of the three cases is that shells of deep water species were gathered from high water marks on beaches. People rarely encountered these mollusks alive, which may have held additional cultural meaning. Ultimate artifact function of shells may, thus, relate closely to activities of shell selection from prehistoric beaches.

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Archaeological Evidence for Collecting Empty Shells Along the French Atlantic Coast: An Important Activity for Coastal Populations

Dupont

2019

Journal of Ethnobiology

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“…Subsequently, they are relatively predictable but also vulnerable to overharvesting (Thomas 2007). To efficiently harvest mollusks in small-scale fisheries requires skills, ecological knowledge, and current information about local fishing dynamics (Burgos 2013; Meehan 1982). Further, numerous case studies indicate that women and children have been—and continue to be—more actively involved in mollusk harvesting than men (Aswani 2000; Burgos 2016, Kinch 2003; Kleiber et al 2014; Labillardière 1799: 52; Moss 1993).…”

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