CADIC 02618
CENTRO AUSTRAL DE INVESTIGACIONES CIENTIFICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
artículos
Título:
Shell middens as archives of past environments, human adaptation and specialized resource management: the state of art.
Autor/es:
ALVAREZ, M.; BRIZ, I.; BALBO, A.; MADELLA, M.
Revista:
QUATERNARY INTERNATIONAL
Editorial:
PERGAMON-ELSEVIER SCIENCE LTD
Referencias:
Año: 2010 p. 1 - 7
ISSN:
1040-6182
Resumen:
From Worsaaes pioneering research onwards, shell middens have been a focus of interest in archaeological enquiry, and a great deal of innovative research has been carried out. The aim of this paper is to make a general review of the state of art in shell midden research, taking into account three main areas: a) the study of aquatic resource exploitation; b) the antiquity of shell middens in relation to human dispersal and group diversification; and c) the methodological improvement enhanced by shell midden enquiry. The record preserved in shell middens is particularly valuable for the development of interdisciplinary approaches in investigating humaneenvironment interaction, social relations and the role of aquatic resource exploitation in the evolutive trajectory of human groups.
