Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Episode 18022

Prehistoric shellfish exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay
This podcast is about prehistoric shell middens in the Chesapeake Bay region on the Atlantic coast of the United states.  Archaeologists use the term midden to refer to trash deposits, and a shell midden is just the result of prehistoric shellfishing.

Links

• https://www.wm.edu/sites/wmcar/_documents/gouldman_osm.pdf
• https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC4988611/
• https://www.bayjournal.com/article/middens_offer_pearls_of_wisdom_about_chesapeakes_geology
• https://repository.si.edu/bitstream/handle/10088/24700/serc_rick_et_al._2015_crabs.pdf