Monmouth University (West Long Branch, N.J.). Urban Coast Institute
Organization
Dates
- Existence: Established: 2005-09
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Urban Coast Institute miscellany
Unprocessed Material — Folder Urban Coast Institute 2003-2004
Identifier: 2016-0005
Dates:
2003 - 2004
Found in:
Monmouth University Library Archives
Using modern eastern oyster (Crassostrea virginica) habitat to predict prehistoric shell midden site locations: a case study of Chester River, Maryland, 2019
Item — Call number MU Thesis Men
Identifier: b7930095
Introduction
Oysters have been an important resource for humans for thousands of years. They provided easy access to protein with little effort required to harvest, and their shells could be used as tools and as a temper in the manufacture of ceramics. The abundance of oysters made them a dietary staple for the people living along the Chesapeake Bay, and for the Europeans who first settled here. The wealth of shell fish led to overharvesting and the depletion of oysters in modern times. It is because...
Dates:
2019