A multidisciplinary analysis of shell deposits from Saltés Island (SW Spain): the origin of a new Roman shell midden

The analysis of shell deposits eroded by a ebb-tide channel on Saltés Island (Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain) resulted in the identification of a new shell midden, associated with the activity of a nearby Roman factory over the 4th-5th centuries CE. This midden differs from other old shell deposits (...

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Autores: Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco, González-Regalado Montero, María Luz, Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín, Gómez Álvarez, Gabriel, Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel, Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula, Clemente Pérez, María José, Bermejo Meléndez, Javier, Campos Carrasco, Juan Manuel, Toscano Grande, Antonio, Abad de los Santos, Manuel, Izquierdo, Tatiana, Muñoz, Juan Manuel, Carretero, María Isabel, Prudencio, María Isabel, Dias, María Isabel, Marques, Rosa, Tosquella Angrill, Josep, Romero Aguilar, Verónica, Monge Gómez, Guadalupe
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2019
País:España
Institución:Universidad de Huelva (UHU)
Repositorio:Arias Montano. Repositorio Institucional de la Universidad de Huelva
Idioma:inglés
OAI Identifier:oai:ariasmontano.uhu.es:10272/24835
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24835
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:Molluscs
Taphonomy
Microfauna
Archaeology
Roman period
25 Ciencias de la Tierra y del Espacio
5505.01 Arqueología
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Sumario:The analysis of shell deposits eroded by a ebb-tide channel on Saltés Island (Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain) resulted in the identification of a new shell midden, associated with the activity of a nearby Roman factory over the 4th-5th centuries CE. This midden differs from other old shell deposits (sandy tidal flats, cheniers, washover fans) in several features: a) its malacological content, dominated by edible species (mainly the bivalve Glycymeris nummaria) and differentiated by statistical analysis; b) a partial selection and better conservation of Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus), its most abundant species; c) the absence of microfauna, which implies a previous washing to its final deposit; and d) an age concordant with the one deduced from the Roman amphoraic remains found in this area and subsequent to the washover fans on whom it was deposited. All these features, together with the absence of both anthropic fractures or cooking, would indicate that this Roman shell midden was the end result of a trawling on subtidal Glycymeris-rich sandy bottoms with adjacent grasslands, where the gastropod Bittium reticulatum (da Costa) was the most abundant mollusc. This gastropod is the dominant species in the remaining shell deposits.

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