A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily

There has been much debate about the role of marine resources, including shellfish, in prehistoric human diets, but there have been few studies that combine archaeological and present-day ecological investigations of coastal sites. This dual approach is being applied in a new field- and laboratory-b...

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Main Authors: Marcello Mannino, Ken Thomas
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: UCL Press 2003-10-01
Series:Archaeology International
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Online Access:http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/109
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Ken Thomas
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A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
Archaeology International
Marine, Coastal
author_facet Marcello Mannino
Ken Thomas
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title A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
title_short A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
title_full A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
title_fullStr A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
title_full_unstemmed A site for all seasons? Prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest Sicily
title_sort site for all seasons? prehistoric coastal subsistence in northwest sicily
publisher UCL Press
series Archaeology International
issn 1463-1725
2048-4194
publishDate 2003-10-01
description There has been much debate about the role of marine resources, including shellfish, in prehistoric human diets, but there have been few studies that combine archaeological and present-day ecological investigations of coastal sites. This dual approach is being applied in a new field- and laboratory-based project that focuses on a group of coastal sites in northwest Sicily.
topic Marine, Coastal
url http://www.ai-journal.com/articles/109
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