THE TRADE OF INDO‐PACIFIC SHELLS INTO THE MEDITERRANEAN BASIN AND EUROPE

David S. Reese

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Maritime and Coastal Archaeology Ancient Mediterranean Archaeology and History Marine and environmental studies

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Summary.This paper is on shells which originate in the Indo‐Pacific marine province (Red Sea or other waters to the south and east) and are found at sites in the Mediterranean Basin and Europe over 250 km. from their source. The catalogue of over 160 sites yielding these shells ranges in date from the Upper Paleolithic to recent times. Sixteen sites which supposedly produced Indo‐Pacific shells are shown to be incorrect identifications. Many of these exotic shells are seen to come from graves and sanctuary sites. Some shells are unmodified, others made into simple beads, and some finely worked by engraving and incising.

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