Acanthocardia turns up in small numbers on Sussex archaeological
sites, most frequently in Romano-British deposits, often broken but
not particularly worn (other than enough to make it impossible to
identify them to species!). The shell is still quite common at the
coast, usually separated valves. I would need to check about
Glycymeris, but if found at all is very rare.
Liz Somerville
On Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:18:38 +0100 Janice Light wrote:
> From: Janice Light <[log in to unmask]>
> Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 18:18:38 +0100
> Subject: dog cockle shells
> To: [log in to unmask]
>
> Can any of you out there recall seeing reference to the occurrence
of
> dog cockles (Glycymeris) or prickly cockles (Acanthocardia) as
> components of marine shell assemblages from archaeological sites. I
> have some information for sites from Sardinia, Crete, Israel,
Jordan,
> Syria. They usually occur as worn shells, often holed in the
umbonal
> region, alongside larger deposits of edible species. I have seen
> references in a few reports from Cornwall which mention these
species in
> ones or twos at sites, but no other information for the British
Isles or
> mainland Europe. Glycymeris is a global genus, so records from
archaeo
> sites are potentially widespread. Any info much appreciated!
> Jan
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Dr Liz Somerville
Sub-Dean (Academic Affairs)
School of Biological Sciences
University of Sussex
Falmer
Brighton
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Tel: 01273 877460
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