Shark (Other Keyword)

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Shark Remains in Brazilian Coastal Settlements (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Simon-Pierre Gilson. Christian Gates St-Pierre. Andrea Lessa.

This is an abstract from the "Past Human-Shark Interactions" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. Precolonial Brazilian coastal sites are rich in shark centra and teeth. They are frequently found inside the sediment matrix or as funeral deposits. The presence of shark teeth has been approached from zooarchaeological and ethnohistorical perspectives along with experimental archaeology and use-wear analysis. The Rio do Meio site was used as a study case....


Shark Teeth Research Opportunities Broadened by Innovations in Materials Science (2024)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Aubrey Farrell.

This is an abstract from the "Past Human-Shark Interactions" session, at the 89th annual meeting of the Society for American Archaeology. The study of sharks in the archaeological record provides plentiful research opportunities within the lenses of social zooarchaeology and materials science. The convergence of these two themes when analyzing artifact shark teeth presents unique advantages and challenges to understanding how past people perceived sharks and made use of their physical...


Sharks and Shark Products in Prehistoric South Florida (1993)
DOCUMENT Citation Only Laura Kozuch.

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