@article{10272/24835,
year = {2019},
month = {10},
url = {https://hdl.handle.net/10272/24835},
abstract = {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.},
organization = {This work has been carried out through the project ´From the Atlantic to the Tyrrhenian. The hispanic ports and their commercial relations with Ostia Antica. DEATLANTIR II - HAR2017-89154-P - (Plan Nacional de I+D+i). Other funds have come from Andalusian Gouvernement (groups HUM-132, RNM-238, RNM-293 and RNM-329) and the Centro de Ciências e Tecnologias Nucleares (University of Lisbon, Portugal). It is a contribution to the Research Centre in Historical, Cultural and Natural Heritage (CIPHCN) of the University of Huelva.},
publisher = {Elsevier},
keywords = {Geología},
keywords = {Paleogeografía},
keywords = {Paleoecología},
keywords = {Paleoclimatología},
title = {A multidisciplinary analysis of shell deposits from Saltés Island (SW Spain): the origin of a new Roman shell midden},
doi = {doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109416},
author = {Ruiz Muñoz, Francisco and González-Regalado Montero, María Luz and Rodríguez Vidal, Joaquín and Gómez Álvarez, Gabriel and Cáceres Puro, Luis Miguel and Gómez Gutiérrez, Paula and Clemente Pérez, María José and Bermejo Meléndez, Javier and Campos Carrasco, Juan Manuel and Toscano Grande, Antonio and Abad de los Santos, Manuel and Izquierdo, Tatiana and Muñoz, Juan Manuel and Carretero, María Isabel and Prudencio, María Isabel and Dias, María Isabel and Marques, Rosa and Tosquella Angrill, Josep and Romero Aguilar, Verónica and Monge Gómez, Guadalupe},
}