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Applied Zooarchaeology of Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Shell from Golson (22HU508), A Deasonville-Period Site on the Yazoo River, Mississippi

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  • Evan Peacock
  • Joseph Mitchell
  • C. Andrew Buchner

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Excavations at Golson (22HU508), an archaeological site on the Yazoo River in western Mississippi, USA, produced an assemblage of over 4000 freshwater mussel shells, 77 percent of which were identifiable to species. Although limited spatial sampling of the deposits limits what can be said about past mussel community characteristics, twelve new river records for mussel species are derived from the assemblage. This typical result emphasises the value of archaeological shell assemblages for conservation biology and provides a rationale for why sites containing shell may be considered significant based upon their potential contributions to environmental history.

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  • Evan Peacock & Joseph Mitchell & C. Andrew Buchner, 2018. "Applied Zooarchaeology of Freshwater Mussel (Bivalvia: Unionidae) Shell from Golson (22HU508), A Deasonville-Period Site on the Yazoo River, Mississippi," Environmental Archaeology, Taylor & Francis Journals, vol. 23(2), pages 152-159, April.
    • Handle: RePEc:taf:yenvxx:v:23:y:2018:i:2:p:152-159
    DOI: 10.1080/14614103.2017.1279841
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