First Evidence of Child Labor in Archaeological Context (IMAGE)

Florida Museum of Natural History

First Evidence of Child Labor in Archaeological Context

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Archaeologists concluded that thousands of discarded shells at a site in downtown St. Thomas in the U.S. Virgin Islands are evidence of ancient Saladoid children foraging for shellfish. West Indian top snails, like the modern specimen pictured here, were the most common mollusks at the site.

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