You are right, Fiona, I do get the occasional otholith among shells.
Daniella Bar-Yosef
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Subject: Re: [ZOOARCH] OtolithsI wonder as well whether otoliths always get bagged with the bones. They don't 'look' like bones and in among all the shells of a midden I wonder if they often get discarded with the shells. Most shell midden excavations seem to sample the shells rather than having a specialist work through all of them - there could literally be tonnes and particularly in e.g. development-led archaeology this is more likely. Obviously all this depends on who is excavating and what their experience is in terms of zooarchaeology/malacology and whether there is an on-site specialist or whether the assemblage is packed up and sent to the specialist/s after the dig.
Just a thought.Fiona
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On Sunday, January 6, 2019, 3:42:03 AM GMT, Matthew Campbell <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
Dear colleagues
Ngā Mihi o te Tau Hou / Happy New Year
Do any of you know anything about the taphonomy of otoliths? I have observed that they survive very well in some sites and not at all in others, but I can’t see any reason for this.
If anyone can shine any light on this topic or point me to any references I would be grateful (searches on Google Scholar and ResearchGate didn’t help)
Mat
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