Dear Linas,
Three books that might be of interest (if you can find them) are
Yonge, C.M. 1960. Oysters. London: Collins - which details the biology, natural history and human uses of the species
Stott, R., 2004. Oyster. London: Reaktion - which examines cultural aspects of oysters
and
Milner, N., 2002. Incremental growth of the European oyster Ostrea edulis. BAR International Series 1057. Oxford: Archaeopress - which is an examination of the seasonality information that can be gleaned from thin sections of the shells.
The most thorough work on O. edulis from archaeological sites (in the UK at least) has been done by Jessica Winder. Happily, she has made an introductory guide to methods freely available on her website - http://oystersetcetera.files.wordpress.com/2011/03/oystershellmethodsmanualversion11.pdf
This should give you plenty of guidance to make the most of your assemblage
(At least) two recent publications on O. edulis from archaeological sites are freely available online. These are:
Campbell, G., 2010. Oysters ancient and modern: potential shape variation with habitat in flat oysters (Ostrea edulis L.), and its possible use in archaeology. Munibe Suplemento - Gehigarria 31, pp. 176-187 - Greg has kindly made this available on his academia.edu page (login required to download) - http://www.academia.edu/1560528/Oysters_ancient_and_modern_potential_shape_variation_with_habitat_in_flat_oysters_Ostrea_edulis_L._and_its_possible_use_in_archaeology
Law, M., and Winder, J., 2009. Different rates of survival of right and left valves of European oyster (Ostrea edulis L.) from archaeological sites in Britain, Archaeo+Malacology Newsletter 16, 1-3. - issue available at http://home.earthlink.net/~aydinslibrary2/MalacGp16.pdf
I hope that's some help. I'd be very interested in seeing your results when they're available, and am always happy to help if you have more questions.
Best wishes,
Matt
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