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This paper addresses whether molluscan evidence from Orkney can shed light on the hypothesis that there was a trend towards the intensification of marine resource use at the end of the first millennium AD. The stratified middens of Quoygrew, which date from approximately the 10th to the 13th centuries, are shown to contain predominantly limpets, which may have been used for baiting fish. From metrical data it is shown that these limpets reduce in size through time. In order to test whether this observation is related to intensification in exploitation, analysis of limpet shoreline location was carried out. In addition, age data were used to demonstrate a lowering of average age which suggests intensification in gathering rather than environmental influences, particularly during the 11th-12th centuries at this site. © 2006 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Author(s): Milner N, Barrett J, Welsh J
Publication type: Article
Publication status: Published
Journal: Journal of Archaeological Science
Year: 2007
Volume: 34
Issue: 9
Pages: 1461-1472
Print publication date: 01/09/2007
ISSN (print): 0305-4403
ISSN (electronic): 1095-9238
Publisher: Academic Press
URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.004
DOI: 10.1016/j.jas.2006.11.004
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