The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France
International audience In Europe, the extraction of dyes from marine shells found in archaeological contexts is little known outside the Mediterranean area. Although smaller than the Mediterranean species with dyeing properties, the dog whelk Nucella lapillus and the oyster drill Ocenebra erinaceus...
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ftunivrennes1hal:oai:HAL:hal-01147562v1 2023-08-20T04:10:25+02:00 The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France Dupont, Catherine Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH) Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) 2011 https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-01147562 https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.542070 en eng HAL CCSD ROUTLEDGE JOURNALS, TAYLOR & FRANCIS LTD Taylor & Francis info:eu-repo/semantics/altIdentifier/doi/10.1080/15564894.2011.542070 hal-01147562 https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-01147562 doi:10.1080/15564894.2011.542070 ISSN: 1556-4894 EISSN: 1556-1828 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology https://univ-rennes.hal.science/hal-01147562 Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology, 2011, 6 (1), pp.3-23. ⟨10.1080/15564894.2011.542070⟩ shellfish pigments biometrics Europe [SHS.ARCHEO]Humanities and Social Sciences/Archaeology and Prehistory info:eu-repo/semantics/article Journal articles 2011 ftunivrennes1hal https://doi.org/10.1080/15564894.2011.542070 2023-08-01T22:46:33Z International audience In Europe, the extraction of dyes from marine shells found in archaeological contexts is little known outside the Mediterranean area. Although smaller than the Mediterranean species with dyeing properties, the dog whelk Nucella lapillus and the oyster drill Ocenebra erinaceus canbe indicative of dyeing activities. Theyare regularly found broken in archaeological contexts in France and Ireland, where their presence can indicate an important economic activity of the coastal inhabitants. In this article, I summarize the archaeological data for this activity along the Channel and Atlantic coasts of France, including localization of these deposits and their chronology, composition of the shell middens, typology of fragments of shell, and presence of other activities. The application of biometrics to dog whelks from one site, ZA du Pladreau, yields information on the way in which the shells were selected first on the seashore, and second at the place of pigment extraction. Article in Journal/Newspaper Dog whelk Nucella lapillus Université de Rennes 1: Publications scientifiques (HAL) The Journal of Island and Coastal Archaeology 6 1 3 23 |
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International audience In Europe, the extraction of dyes from marine shells found in archaeological contexts is little known outside the Mediterranean area. Although smaller than the Mediterranean species with dyeing properties, the dog whelk Nucella lapillus and the oyster drill Ocenebra erinaceus canbe indicative of dyeing activities. Theyare regularly found broken in archaeological contexts in France and Ireland, where their presence can indicate an important economic activity of the coastal inhabitants. In this article, I summarize the archaeological data for this activity along the Channel and Atlantic coasts of France, including localization of these deposits and their chronology, composition of the shell middens, typology of fragments of shell, and presence of other activities. The application of biometrics to dog whelks from one site, ZA du Pladreau, yields information on the way in which the shells were selected first on the seashore, and second at the place of pigment extraction. |
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Centre de Recherche en Archéologie, Archéosciences, Histoire (CReAAH) Le Mans Université (UM)-Université de Rennes (UR)-Université de Rennes 2 (UR2)-Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (CNRS)-Université de Nantes - UFR Histoire, Histoire de l'Art et Archéologie (UFR HHAA) Université de Nantes (UN)-Université de Nantes (UN)-Ministère de la Culture (MC) |
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The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France |
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The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France |
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The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France |
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The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France |
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The Dog Whelk Nucella lapillus and Dye Extraction Activities From the Iron Age to the Middle Ages Along the Atlantic Coast of France |
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dog whelk nucella lapillus and dye extraction activities from the iron age to the middle ages along the atlantic coast of france |
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