The University of Maine’s Midden Minder program, which has recently secured more funding, is garnering public support through talks along the seacoast. These shell midden deposits are studied by the ...
When people think of ancient civilizations in South Asia, the Harappans often come to mind. But what if signs of human life in the region go back much further than that? In a remote corner of Gujarat, ...
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When only the strong shells survive: Archaeology's fresh approach to turn oyster shells into tools of conservation
We've feasted on them, built economies around them and in some places nearly erased them from our coasts. Today, 85% of the world's oyster reefs are gone. Many fisheries are collapsing, and those in ...
Contributors -- Preface and acknowledgements -- Introduction. Shell energy: an introduction / Geoffrey N. Bailey, Karen Hardy, Abdoulaye Camara -- North America. Beyond subsistence: the social and ...
As global oyster populations decline and fisheries collapse, archaeologists may be able to inform effective management with perspectives of human-oyster connections stretching back millennia. As ...
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