Mussel Shell Breakage (IMAGE)

Max Planck Institute of Geoanthropology

Mussel Shell Breakage

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Mussel shell breakage patterns at the Bennett Slough Culverts site. (A) Outer and (B) inner faces of each valve; (C) drawing of the exterior of a mussel shell showing the typical sea otter breakage pattern (illustration by Neil Smith); (D) broken mussel shells in situ.

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Image (C): Neil Smith; Images (A), (B), & (D): Michael Haslam. Haslam <em>et al</em>. 2019. Wild sea otter mussel pounding leaves archaeological traces. <em>Scientific Reports</em>.

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