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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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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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Shell Mounds and Mounded Landscapes in the San Francisco Bay Area: An Integrated Approach
The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2006ABSTRACT Current understanding of the shell mounds of the San Francisco Bay Area, now almost completely destroyed due to urban expansion, is summarized. After interpretations of how and why coastal hunter-gatherers created these sites are discussed, salient characteristics of shell mounds from the area are outlined.
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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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Rounded toothed pearl-shell mounds at Elizabeth River near Darwin, Northern Territory
Australian Archaeology, 2023Sally Brockwell
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Genetic insights into Brazil’s ancient shell mound builders
Nature Ecology & Evolution, 2023André Carlo Colonese, Krista McGrath
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The Shell Mounds of Simonstown
The South African Archaeological Bulletin, 1946openaire +1 more source