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Part 1 Shell midden recording and identification Field recording sheet Project name Recorders name Date GPS or map coordinates Site no: Location & description Coast / estuary / inland Aspect Landform Site visibility Isolated / cluster Midden description Continuous / discontinuous Contained Shell scatter Above ground‐ below ground Other Arial shape Oval Circular Irregular Linear Doughnut Profile Mounded Non‐mounded Flat 176
Irregular Profile Cross section Conical Hemi‐spherical Flat Undulating / irregular Researchers own sketch Dimensions (for both the site, e.g. mound cluster area, and individual deposit Eg shell mound) Overall site area length Overall site area width Deposit length Deposit width Maximum depth Minimum depth Maximum height Minimum height Estimated volume Context Substrate Matrix Colour Interbedded lenses or layers Overlying sediments Shell species present 177
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One archaeologist’s midden is ano
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TABLE OF CONTENTS Page Table of Con
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Minimum number if individuals (MNI)
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LIST OF FIGURES Figure Short Title
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4.9 4.10 5.1 5.2 5.3 5.4 6.1 6.2 Ba
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6.3 6.4 6.5 6.6 6.7 6.8 6.9 Dominan
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS There are three pe
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activities such as four wheel drivi
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To resolve the inconsistent and pot
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demonstrates the need for both revi
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forms a context for viewing the Blu
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species, site form variation, sea l
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Table 2.1 Research themes in Austra
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identification. The model also expl
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Hope Inlet is a small nearly infill
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1999:195). In the 1930s the excavat
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found were identified as beaches, r
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transgression. These early shell mi
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ecorded a wide range of site types.
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shell mounds should not be consider
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Location The case study site BMB/11
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from dry, gusty thunderstorms (Bure
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formed following stabilization of s
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Figure 3.7: The hydrology of the Po
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Table 3.2: Main vegetation units fo
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Fauna The range of faunal species r
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crab, small hermit crab. Marine Fis
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the cross section (Figure 3.11) and
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Figure 3.13: Location of quartzite
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Conclusion In summary the Point Bla
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My first aim is to review shell mou
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Figure 4.2: West Point shell midden
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food consumed at the site. Shell mi
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mounds. The range of dominate speci
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as a) the all same site type, or b)
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defined in the Oxford Dictionary (1
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Figure 4.5: Shell mound located on
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this will form the basis of the Fie
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Figure 4.6 a geomorphic diagram has
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Chapter 5 Research Methodology Intr
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The bagged material from the 6mm si
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Oysters were sorted into lids, base
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Secondly species diversity informs
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The limitations of this method are
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CHAPTER 6 BMB/116: Results of analy
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Table 6.2 Identified shell fish spe
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Dominant species The dominant speci
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Table 6.5 %Weight and % MNI of shel
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Table 6.7 Taxon Common name Specifi
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• The largest quantity of shell w
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• Radiocarbon dating suggests sit
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Figure 3.14). The consistent patter
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The increase in the deposition of r
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• In contrast, the results of the
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material for shell mound sites reco
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habitat, provided useful data for t
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This chapter presents the major con
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peninsula. Further, the implication
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mound sites has resolved these diff
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Location Location geograph y Weipa
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Clybucca Andersons Inlet (Register
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Term Reference Source Shell matrix
Page 125 and 126: Appendix 1.3 Shell midden & mound s
Page 127 and 128: Australia additional site sizes by
Page 129 and 130: BLUE MUD BAY PROJECT: SHELLFISH ANA
Page 131 and 132: Appendix 2.2 Laboratory recording f
Page 133 and 134: Appendix 2.3 Recording form mound f
Page 135 and 136: Calculated sediment weight Page 2 M
Page 161 and 162: Appendix 4 .1 Laboratory recorded d
Page 163 and 164: 12 9,500.00 1,000.0 0 Tot 121,000.
Page 165 and 166: wgt Dom shell MNI 2nd dom shell sp
Page 167 and 168: Appendix 6.1 Shellfish frequency an
Page 169 and 170: Appendix 7.1 Criteria for assessing
Page 171 and 172: Appendix 8.1 Point Blane peninsula
Page 173 and 174: Smallest mound BMB/48 52.70 14.30 0
Page 175: Appendix 9.1 Field recording form f
Page 179 and 180: References Cited Attenbrow, V. 1992
Page 181 and 182: Burns, T. 1994 ‘Mound over matter
Page 183 and 184: Harrison, R. 2009 The archeology of
Page 185 and 186: Unit (ANU). Roth, W. E. 1901 Food,
Page 187: Golson (eds.), Aboriginal Man and E
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