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Cahokia's Mound 72 shell artifacts
Southeastern Archaeology, 2021Around AD 1050 at Cahokia, a sudden coalescence of peoples with new ceremonials and Mound 72's commemorative human interments provide evidence of long–distance contacts and finely crafted artifacts...
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Vestnik NSU. Series: History and Philology
This article provides data on the search and study of the finds obtained during archaeological excavations of shell mounds in the region of Dian Lake in Yunnan Province, China. These objects represent a common, but at the same time, quite specific category of archaeological sources containing important information about the material and spiritual life ...
S. A. Komissarov, A. I. Solovyev
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This article provides data on the search and study of the finds obtained during archaeological excavations of shell mounds in the region of Dian Lake in Yunnan Province, China. These objects represent a common, but at the same time, quite specific category of archaeological sources containing important information about the material and spiritual life ...
S. A. Komissarov, A. I. Solovyev
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Sambaquis (shell mounds) of the Brazilian coast
Quaternary International, 2011Abstract The Brazilian shell mounds called sambaquis have been well known since the 16th century when clergy, travelers, and members of the colonial administration wrote the first narratives of Portuguese America. However, it was only during the second quarter of the 19th century that, under the orders of the Imperial Government, the first scientific
Gustavo Wagner +4 more
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Notice of Shell-Mounds at Lossiemouth
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Anthropometric studies of the long bones of the “shell mound” Indians
American Journal of Physical Anthropology, 1968AbstractThe “shell mound” Indians exhibit both sexual and bilateral variations in comparative long bone lengths. Mean long bone lengths are shortest in the Indian group when compared to those reported for both Caucasians and Negroes. The radiohumeral and humero‐femoral indices of the “shell mound” Indians are higher than those reported for either ...
T M, Graham, J D, Yarbrough
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THE DANISH KJÖKKENMÖDDINGS OR SHELL-MOUNDS
2011DENMARK occupies a larger space in the history, than on the map of Europe; the nation is greater than the country. Though, with the growth of physical power in surrounding populations, she has lost somewhat of her influence in political councils, and has recently been most unjustly deprived of a great part of her ancient possessions: still the Danes of
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Shell Mounds in the Southeast: Middens, Monuments, Temple Mounds, Rings, or Works?
American Antiquity, 2010Focusing on the southeastern United States, I provide some alternative perspectives on shell mounds previously interpreted as architectural features, temple mounds, and feasting sites. The same pattern of deposition often inferred to indicate mound construction—darker-colored, highly organic strata alternating with lighter-colored, shell-rich strata ...
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Archaic Shell Mounds in the American Southeast
2017AbstractFreshwater and estuarine shellfish began to be exploited in the southeastern United States between 9000 and 7000 b.p. Shortly thereafter, shell mounds appeared in the mid-South Shell Mound Archaic, along the St. Johns River in peninsular Florida, and, somewhat later, in the Stallings Island area along the middle Savannah River.
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