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  schema location: http://www.loc.gov/mods/v3 http://www.loc.gov/standards/mods/v3/mods-3-2.xsd
  title info:
    title: Lives amidst shells
    sub title: social dynamics in the construction of shell mounds among the Diola of Guinea-Bissau
  name:
    name part: Pastre Máximo, Bruno
    role:
      role term: creator
    role:
      role term: author.
  type of resource: text
  genre: bibliography
  origin info:
    place:
      place term: enk
    date issued: 2024
    issuance: monographic
  language:
    language term: eng
  physical description:
    form: print
    extent: xxvii, 183 pages : illustrations (some color), color maps ; 30 cm.
  abstract: This book discusses the significance of shells in the daily life of the Diola people in Guinea-Bissau, particularly their role in constructing the landscape through shell mounds. It explores the concept of Terroir, and its importance in understanding the Diola people and their occupation of the territory over the past two thousand years. Through field research, more than 120 shellfish sites were identified and recorded, shedding light on current mollusk collection practices and the functions of shell mounds. These functions include as middens, barriers, harbors, paths and monuments, with hypotheses formulated to explain their regional atypicality. The book aims to study the history of the Diola people by focusing on sources they produced themselves, such as shell mounds and artifacts, rather than privileging colonial sources. Through this approach, the author seeks to provide a nuanced understanding of the Diola's past and their interactions with the landscape over time.
  note: Bruno Pastre Máximo.
  note: Includes bibliographical references (pages 175-183).
  subject:
    geographic code: f-pg---
  subject:
    topic: Diola (African people)
    geographic: Guinea-Bissau
    topic: Antiquities
  subject:
    topic: Kitchen-middens
    geographic: Guinea-Bissau
  classification: DT613.45.D56 P37 2024
  classification: 305.89632
  related item:
    title info:
      title: BAR international series ; 3200
  related item:
    title info:
      title: BAR international series. v. 101
      part name: African archaeology
  identifier: 9781407361598
  identifier: 1407361597
  identifier: 9781407361604
  identifier: 2024439585
  record info:
    record content source: DLC
    record creation date: 250116
    record change date: 20250714131405.1
    record identifier: in00005649455