Addressing questions of prehistoric occupation seasonality at freshwater mussel shell ring sites in the Mississippi Delta: applications in carbonate geochemistry and zooarchaeology

<p>Seasonality estimates based on archaeological shellfish remains have been an important component of settlement pattern reconstruction. Investigations of this nature allow researchers to place prehistoric people on the landscape at points in space at different times of the year. Many of the...

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Main Author: Mitchell, Joseph
Other Authors: Evan Peacock
Format: Others
Language:en
Published: MSSTATE 2016
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Online Access:http://sun.library.msstate.edu/ETD-db/theses/available/etd-06282016-140616/