The Earliest Inhabitants: The Dynamics of the Jamaican Taino
by Lesley-Gail Atkinson
by Lesley-Gail Atkinson
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Table 2.1 Shells Collected from Chancery Hall<br />
Species Lot 340 Lot 386, Layer 3 Both Sites<br />
Marine Gastropods Count 1 Per cent 2 Count 1 Per cent 2 Count 1 Per cent 2<br />
Cittarium pica 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.04<br />
Fasciolaria tulipa 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.04<br />
Littorina sp. 0 0.0 1 0.2 1 0.04<br />
Melongena melongena 21 1.2 10 1.6 31 1.30<br />
Murex brevifrons 12 0.7 7 1.1 19 0.80<br />
Nerita fulgurans 1 0.1 0 0.0 1 0.04<br />
Neritina (Vitta) piratica 487 27.8 111 17.7 598 25.13<br />
Neritina (Vitta) reclivata 771 43.9 198 31.7 969 40.71<br />
Neritina (Vitta) virginea 7 0.4 6 1.0 13 0.55<br />
Total marine gastropods 1,301 – 333 – 1,634 –<br />
Terrestrial Gastropods – – – – – –<br />
Pleurodonte lucerna 288 n/a 129 n/a 417 n/a<br />
Dentellaria sloaneana 13 n/a 4 n/a 17 n/a<br />
O<strong>the</strong>r terrestrial 0 n/a 59 n/a 59 n/a<br />
Total terrestrial gastropods 301 192 493<br />
Bivalves – – – – – –<br />
Anadara notabilis 1 0.0 3 0.2 4 0.08<br />
Anadara ovalis 324 9.2 287 22.9 611 12.84<br />
Anomalocardia brasiliana 3 0.1 2 0.2 5 0.11<br />
Arca umbonata 35 1.0 10 0.8 45 0.95<br />
Arca zebra 72 2.1 26 2.1 98 2.06<br />
Barbatia candida 2 0.1 0 0.0 2 0.04<br />
Brachidontes citrinus 2 0.1 6 0.5 8 0.17<br />
Chama macerophylla 50 1.4 18 1.4 68 1.43<br />
Chione cancellata 5 0.1 8 0.6 13 0.27<br />
Chione granulata 60 1.7 19 1.5 79 1.66<br />
Chione intapurpurea 215 6.1 123 9.8 338 7.10<br />
Chione sp. 0 0.0 1 0.1 1 0.02<br />
Codakia (s.s.) orbicularis 7 0.2 1 0.1 8 0.17<br />
Crassostrea rhizophorae 117 3.3 79 6.3 196 4.12<br />
Isognomon alatus 6 0.2 2 0.2 8 0.17<br />
Ostrea frons 4 0.1 0 0.0 4 0.08<br />
Semele pr<strong>of</strong>icua 3 0.1 0 0.0 3 0.06<br />
Trachycardium muricatum 1 0.0 0 0.0 1 0.02<br />
Total bivalve valves 907 – 585 – 1,492 –<br />
1 Individual bivalve and gastropod counts.<br />
2 Percentage <strong>of</strong> marine shells based on complete animals (gastropods count 1, bivalves count 0.5).<br />
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