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Rising sea levels destroyed evidence of shell middens at many prehistoric coastal sites

In a new study, researchers confirm a theory from the 1970s that coastal hunter-gatherers processed much of their shellfish at the beach before returning with their meat to camps on higher ground, ...
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Patterns of Shell Utilization in Two Sympatric Species of Hermit Crabs from the Natal Coast (Decapoda, Anomura, Diogenidae)

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Shell selection and utilization in two sympatric species of hermit crabs from the Natal coast, namely Clibanarius virescens (Krauss, 1843) and ...
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THE PINNACLE POINT SHELL MIDDEN COMPLEX: A MIDTO LATE HOLOCENE RECORD OF LATER STONE AGE COASTAL FORAGING ALONG THE SOUTHERN CAPE COAST OF SOUTH AFRICA

Surveys identified a series ofHolocene Later Stone Age shell middens along the westernmost extent of the Pinnacle Point estate near Mossel Bay, Western Cape, South Africa. Excavations of the Pinnacle ...