Shell Mounds (Other Keyword)

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Reconsidering the Monuments of the Precontact Peoples of the Northeastern United States (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Justin Reamer.

In the literature on monumentality there is little to no discussion of pre-contact Native American monuments in the northeastern United States. However, this does not mean the region was completely devoid of monumental architecture before the arrival of European, but monuments are not a common topic of archaeological research in the northeast. In this paper, I will discuss two structures- shell mounds, and stone and brush heaps- and argue that they should be discussed as monuments and further...

Ritual and/or Transformation: The Anadara granosa-Dominated Shell Mounds of the Australian Tropics (2017)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Patrick Faulkner. Peter Hiscock.

Mounded shell deposits dominated by the mudflat bivalve Anadara granosa are highly visible features on the north Australian coast. Because of their distinctive, often monumental, features they have been a focal point for research into hunter-gatherer groups in these coastal environments. Interpretations of these mounded deposits have oscillated between those concerned with the functioning of prehistoric economic systems and those invoking ceremonial and ritual behaviours. In this paper we review...

San Nicolas Island, Treasure House of the Ancients: Part II (1930)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Bruce Bryan.

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Searching for Shell Mounds in Southwest Florida:An Automated Approach (2016)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Michele Loger.

This paper will explore using automated Object Based Image Analysis (OBIA) to search for archaeological shell mound sites in thick mangrove forest. This is accomplished by combining available data from multiple remote sensing sources, integrating them using several software programs, and training the computer to search for a particular set of parameters - including height (LIDAR) and spectral qualities (Color Near-infrared). The newest software programs will be reviewed, as well as the source...

Shell mounds from southern and southeastern Brazil (2015)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Maria Gaspar. Daniela Klokler.

Systematic archaeological research focused for centuries on large scale shell mounds and now scholars turn their attention to smaller sites located on the southeastern coast of Brazil. Similarly to large mounds, these sites were built with mollusk and fish remains, have a complex stratigraphy and high numbers of burials. Researchers’ approach used data from formation processes and funerary contexts to establish comparisons between regions. Results indicate that small mounds located around the...

Shell Mounds of the Lower Appalachicola Valley, Northwest Florida (1987)

DOCUMENT Citation Only Nancy Marie White.

Shell Mounds of the South (1916)

DOCUMENT Citation Only May H. Ingersoll.

Shells and Archaeology in Southern Florida (1986)

DOCUMENT Citation Only George M. Luer.

Some Characteristics of the Indian Earth and Shell Mounds of the Atlantic Coast of Florida (1884)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A. E. Douglass.

Some Characteristics of the Indian Earth and Shell Mounds On the Atlantic Coast of Florida (1885)

DOCUMENT Citation Only A. E. Douglass.

Testing Remote Shell Midden Mounds in the Apalachicola Valley Estuary, Northwest Florida (1989)