Côte d’Ivoire Shell Middens: Specificity and Evolution Reference library
N’doua Etienne Ettien
The Oxford Encyclopedia of African Archaeology
...d’Ivoire Shell Middens: Specificity and Evolution Introduction Shell middens, also known as kjökkenmöddings in Denmark, cocheiros in Portugal, and sambaquis in Brazil, are associated with Neolithic or Iron Age cultures and consist of loose allochthonous or sedimented deposits of shells of highly variable shape and size, along with bones and the remnants of cooking, households, and graves ( Dorthe 1964 , 7; Dupont 2003 ). They have been researched in Canada, the United States, Chile, Senegal, Guyana, France, Denmark, and Norway. This article focuses on...
