Regarding the palatibility of dogwhelks, I grew up on a coast where
dogwhelks were numerous. Local 'received wisdom' (oral tradition if you
prefer) was that dogwhelks are toxic. Nobody had ever seen that in a
book or heard it on the wireless; nobody knew anybody who had been
poisoned by eating dogwhelks; but everybody knew for sure that dogwhelks
are not to be eaten. As a result, despite having eaten most things that
come out of the sea, I cannot contribute anything useful to the debate
on dogwhelk extraction or palatibility!
Terry O'Connor
Nicky Milner wrote:
>
> It is a Mesolithic site, yes. No, I don't think there is any evidence
> for the use of molluscan textile dye before the Bronze Age but I
> think sometimes when dogwhelk is found on a site, be it mesolithic or
> later, purple dye is often mentioned, perhaps because dogwhelks
> are thought to be so unpalatable.
> nicky
>
> > Date: Tue, 24 Apr 2001 09:31:46 -0400
> > Reply-to: Zooarchaeology is the analysis of Animal remains from archaeological sites <[log in to unmask]>
> > From: Daniella Bar-Yosef <[log in to unmask]>
> > Subject: Re: dogwhelks
> > To: [log in to unmask]
>
> > Nicky -
> > Do I understand correctly that this is a Mesolithic site?
> > If so, is there any evidence for the use of molluscan textile dye before
> > the Bronze Age?
> >
> > Daniella
> >
> > Dr. Daniella E. Bar-Yosef
> > Peabody Museum
> > Harvard University
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> >
> > tel: (617) 495-1279
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> >
> Dr Nicky Milner
> Sir James Knott Research Fellow
> Dept. of Archaeology
> University of Newcastle
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