The exploitation of molluscs and other invertebrates in Alexandria (Egypt) from the Hellenistic period to Late Antiquity: food, usage, and trade
Author
Morand, Nicolas
Archéozoologie, Archéobotanique: Sociétés, Pratiques et Environnements (AASPE), CNRS, MNHN, Muséum national d’Histoire naturelle, case postale 56, 57 rue Cuvier, F- 75231 Paris cedex 05 (France)
nicolas.morand@mnhn.fr
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Anthropozoologica
2020
2020-01-10
55
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journal article
10.5252/anthropozoologica2019v55a1
2107-08817
3703242
TABLE 2. — Red Sea malacofauna remains for the Hellenistic and Roman periods. Abbreviations: MNI, minimum number of individuals; NISP, number of identified specimens.| Hellenistic period Roman period |
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| Taxa | NISP | MNI | NISP | MNI |
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| Bivalves | | | | |
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| pearl oyster (Pinctada | 3 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
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| margaritifera Linnaeus, 1758) | | | | |
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| hooded oyster (Saccostrea | 4 | 3 | – | – |
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| cucullata Born, 1778) | | | | |
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| small giant clam (Tridacna | 2 | 2 | – | – |
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| maxima Röding, 1798) | | | | |
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| Gastropods | | | | |
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| spider conch (Lambis sp. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Röding, 1798) | | | | |
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| ramose murex (Chicoreus | 1 | 1 | – | – |
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| ramosus Linnaeus, 1758) | | | | |
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| toothed top shell (Tectus | – | – | 1 | 1 |
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| dentatus Forsskål in Niebuhr, | | | | |
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| 1775) | | | | |
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| TOTAL | 11 | 10 | 17 | 4 |
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| Taxa | NISP | MNI | NISP | MNI |
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| Bivalves freshwater mussel (Unionidae Fleming, 1828) | 23 | 11 | 24 | 15 |
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| freshwater mussel (Chambardia rubens Lamarck, 1819) | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
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| Gastropod apple snail (Pila sp. Röding , 1798) | 66 | 35 | 3 | 2 |
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| TOTAL | 90 | 47 | 28 | 18 |
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