Lightning whelk natural history and a new sourcing method

Autor:	Karen Walker, Laura Kozuch, William H. Marquardt
Rok vydání:	2017
Předmět:	Natural history Archeology Geography Sinistral and dextral Whelk 060102 archaeology 010504 meteorology & atmospheric sciences 0601 history and archaeology 06 humanities and the arts 01 natural sciences Archaeology Lightning 0105 earth and related environmental sciences
Zdroj:	Southeastern Archaeology. 36:226-240
ISSN:	2168-4723 0734-578X
Popis:	Artifacts made from sinistral (left-handed) whelk shells are commonly found at inland archaeological sites in eastern North America. Past attempts to source the coast of origin of these marine shells based on chemical analyses have provided tentative results. A knowledge of sinistral whelk natural history is essential before attempting shell sourcing studies. The common occurrence of sinistral whelks in the Gulf of Mexico and their uncommon occurrence along both the South Atlantic and Mid-Atlantic bights are documented. Critical biogeographical and morphological information is presented, as well as a new method of sourcing artifacts based on spire-angle measurements. Sinistral whelk artifacts from Spiro, East St. Louis, and Cahokia probably came from the eastern Gulf of Mexico.
Databáze:	OpenAIRE
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