Shell

Jen Harland

Shell

Jen Harland

Archaeology Institute

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The marine shell assemblage from Earl’s Bu shows that a variety of locally available species were brought to the site. Some species were probably for direct human consumption, like the periwinkle and oyster, but many are less easily explicable and may have been collected for ornamental purposes. The limpets found are atypical, in that they were considerably smaller than usually found when collected for bait
or for human consumption.

Idioma original	English
Título de la publicación alojada	The Earl's Bu, Orphir
Subtítulo de la publicación alojada	Feasting, Farming and Commerce at the Heart of the Orkney Norse Earldom
Editores	Batey Colleen
Lugar de publicación	Kirkwall
Editorial	The Orcadian
Capítulo	10
Páginas	420-424
Número de páginas	5
ISBN (versión impresa)	978-1912 88951-8
Estado	Published - 15 dic 2025

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