Accreting skeletal tissues found in bone, teeth, otoliths and molluscan shell act as sensitive
recorders of local environmental and climatic conditions. Owing to their robust nature …

In the first issue of the Journal of Island & Coastal Archaeology published 10 years ago,
Erlandson and Fitzpatrick (2006) outlined eight topics which demonstrated why island and …

The seasonal pattern of shellfish foraging at the archaeological site of Haua Fteah in the
Gebel Akhdar, Libya was investigated from the Epipaleolithic to the Neolithic via oxygen …

Recent work in three major research themes involving molluscs is reviewed: 1. molluscs in
past human diets and subsistence systems, sclerochemistry and seasonality studies on …

In recent years there have been significant methodological advances in sampling and
interpreting oxygen isotope data from mollusc shells recovered from archaeological sites. In …

Horizon scanning is an increasingly common strategy to identify key research needs and
frame future agendas in science. Here, we present the results of the first such exercise for …

Given recent debates and reinterpretation of large-scale shell deposits as monuments rather
than midden in the emerging dialogue in world archaeology regarding shell sites, we need …

The Sechelt inlet system (SIS), situated on the inner Sunshine Coast of British Columbia, lies
within the territory of the shíshálh Nation. This study focuses on∼ 1000 years of shíshálh …

California mussel (Mytilus californianus) are ubiquitous shellfish species in coastal
archaeological sites throughout western North America but are often highly fragmentary …

Prince Rupert Harbour is a flagship region in Northwest Coast prehistory with resonance
across the archaeological world as an epitome of the development of hunter-gatherer-fisher …