A Shell Midden Biblliography of Archaeology

Matteson, Max R.
1960 Reconstruction of prehistoric environments through theanalysis of molluscan collections from shell middens. American Antiquity 26(1):117-120.

McKillop, Heather
1984 Prehistoric Maya reliance on marine resources: Analysis ofa midden from Moho Cay, Belize. Journal of Field Archaeology 11(1):25-35.

Meehan, Betty
1983 A matter of choice? Some thoughts on shell-gathering strategies in Northern Australia. In Animals and Archaeology. Caroline Grigson and Juliet Clutton-Brock, eds. Pp. 3-18. Oxford: BAR International Series 183.

Mellars, Paul A.
1978 Excavation and Economic Analysis of Mesolithic Shell Middens on the Island of Oronsay (Inner Hebrides). In The Early Postglacial Settlement of Northern Europe. Paul A. Mellars, ed. Pp. 371-396. London: Duckworth.

Morales, M. R. G. and Maria C. M. Uria
1978 The Asturian shell midden of Cueva de Mazaculos II (La Franca, Asturias, Spain). Current Anthropology 19(3):614-615.

Morey, Darcy F. and George M. Crothers
1998 Clearing up clouded waters: Palaeoenvironmental analysis of freshwater mussel assemblages from the Green River shell middens, Western Kentucky. Journal of Archaeological Science 25:907-925.

Owen, Jennifer F. and John R. Merrick
1994 Analysis of coastal middens in south-eastern Australia: Selectivity of angling and other fishing techniques related. Journal of Archaeological Science 21:11-16.

1994 Analysis of coastal middens in south-eastern Australia: Sizing of fish remains in Holocene deposits. Journal of Archaeological Science 21:3-10.

Parmalee, Paul W. and Walter E. Klippel
1974 Freshwater mussels as a prehistoric food source. American Antiquity 39(3):421-434.

Peacock, Evan
2000 Assessing bias in shell assemblages. Journal of Field Archaeology 27:183-196.

Pratt, W. H.
1881 The shell beds of the vicinity of Davenport. Proceedings of the Davenport Academy of Sciences 31:56-162.

Raab, L. Mark
1992 An optimal foraging analysis of prehistoric shellfish collecting on San Clemente Island, California. Journal of Ethnobiology 12(1):63-80.

Rick, Torben C. and Jon M. Erlandson
2000 Early Holocene fishing strategies on the California coast: Evidence from CA-SBA-2057. Journal of Archaeological Science 27:621-633.

Roosevelt, Anna C.
1997 The demise of the Alaka initial ceramic phase has been greatly exaggerated: Response to D. Williams. American Antiquity 62(2):353-364.

Sanger, David
1981 Unscrambling messages in the midden. Archaeology of Eastern North America 9:37-42.

Shackleton, Judith C. and Tj. H. van Andel
1986 Prehistoric shore environments, shellfish availability, and shellfish gathering at Franchthi, Greece. Geoarchaeology 1(2):127-143.

Spiess, Arthur E.
1988 On New England shell middens: Response to Sanger's cautionary tale. American Antiquity 53(1):174-177.

Stein, Julie K. and Jennie N. Deo
2003 Big sites--short time: Accumulation rates in archaeological sites. Journal of Archaeological Science 30:297-316.

Stone, Tim
1989 Origins and environmental significance of shell and earth mounds in Northern Australia. Archaeology in Oceania 24:59-64.

Straka, Jeffrey R.
2001 Prehistoric utilization of freshwater mussels (Bivalvia: Unioniade) in the Upper Mississippi River Valley. Journal of the Iowa Archeological Society 48:113-121.

Sullivan, M. E.
1981 Ninety years later: A resurvey of shell middens on Wagonga Inlet and Pambula Lake, N.S.W. Archaeology in Oceania 16(2):81-86.

1984 A shell midden excavation at Pambula Lake on the far south coast of New South Wales. Archaeology in Oceania 19(1):1-15.

Sullivan, Marjorie and Sue O'Connor
1993 Middens and cheniers: Implications of Australian research. Antiquity 57:776-788.

Suzuki, K.
1986 Volumetry and nutritional analysis of a Jomon shell-midden. In Prehistoric Hunter-Gatherers in Japan: New Research Methods. Takeru Akazawa and C. M. Aikens, eds. Pp. 55-72. Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press.

Theler, James L.
1987 The prehistoric freshwater mussels (Naiades) from Brogley Rockshelter in Southwestern Wisconsin. American Malacological Bulletin 5(2)165-171.

Trigger, Bruce G.
1986 Native Shell Mounds of North America. edition.NYC: Garland Press.

Van Dyke, Allen P., David F. Overstreet, and James L. Theler
1980 Archaeological recovery at 11-Ri-337, an early Middle Woodland shell midden in East Moline, Illinois. Wisconsin Archeologist 61:125-256.

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