Archaeology and Biogeography of Prehistoric Freshwater Mussel Shell in Mississippi Contributor(s): Peacock, Evan (Author), Jenkins, Cliff (Author), Jacobs, Paul F. (Author) |
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ISBN: 1407308742 ISBN-13: 9781407308746 Publisher: British Archaeological Reports Oxford Ltd OUR PRICE: $102.60 Product Type: Paperback Published: December 2011 |
Additional Information |
BISAC Categories: - History | North American - History | United States - State & Local - General - Social Science | Archaeology |
Dewey: 976.2 |
LCCN: 2011507732 |
Series: BAR International |
Physical Information: 0.5" H x 8.2" W x 11.5" (1.30 lbs) 166 pages |
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Publisher Description: Edited by Evan Peacock, Cliff Jenkins, Paul F. Jacobs, and Joseph Greenleaf The southeastern United States is home to the richest, most diverse freshwater mussel faunas on the planet, and Mississippi is no exception in this regard. Until fairly recent times, however, only qualitative lists of taxa were available and/or sampling was unsystematic and spotty. More recent work has taken place in waterways that have been significantly impacted by erosion, other forms of water pollution, and impoundment in modern times. Thus, even the best modern studies could benefit from a better knowledge of ranges and community characteristics as they existed prehistorically, when human impact, though present, was minimal. We present herein a robust synthesis of pre-industrial mussel distributions and, to a lesser degree of precision, relative abundances in the state. |
Contributor Bio(s): Peacock, Evan: - Evan Peacock, Cliff Jenkins, Paul F. Jacobs, and Joseph Greenleaf |