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Abstract: The study of the mollusks from the Chalcolithic and the early Bronze age (III Millennium BC)
contexts discovered in Chibanes revealed the presence of 19 bivalves and 6 gastropods species from
estuarine/maritime environment. The Ruditapes decussatus (clams) greatly predominates in all of the
identified layers, followed by Solen Marginatus (razor clams) with a significant difference.
In the several layers a great variety of mollusks was observed with an average of 11 to 13 species
per layer. The most abundant species indicate the exploitation of the sandy-mud substrate of the tidal
zones in the Tagus and Sado estuaries.
In the last quarter of the 3rd millennium BC, the dominance of the Ruditapes decussatus remained,
but the biometric analyses have not revealed any evidence of over-exploitation. The diversity of species
is greater than previously; a special remark is due to the presence of oyster.
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Arqueologia Roma Cerâmica romana Alentejo Mesas do Castelinho
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Jornadas Arqueológicas, V , Lisboa, 1994 - Actas. ISBN 972/9451-39-7. p. 275-289