The archaeology of 19th century oyster consumption in Melbourne

IF 1.1 3区 历史学 Q2 ANTHROPOLOGY Archaeology in Oceania Pub Date : 2024-02-01 DOI:10.1002/arco.5310
Brendan Marshall
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This paper presents comparative research on marine shell from four 19th century historical archaeological sites in Melbourne. The shell derives predominantly from Mud Oyster (Ostrea angasi) and Sydney Rock Oyster (Saccostrea glomerata) commercially harvested from natural reefs along the south-east Australian coastline. The research collects quantitative data that informs on the 19th century oyster industry and investigates inter-site shell variability and its implications for processing, consumption and discard. Dredging of subtidal reefs provides an explanation for the numerical dominance of oyster, the presence of subfossil cultch (Anadara) and the wide range of minor shellfish. Mud oyster and Sydney rock oyster comparisons in valve size, sided counts and preservation record significant differences within and between sites due to the origins, depositional conditions and the processing of the shell. These data form the basis of two models. The first predicts the archaeological representation of reef dredging and ranks shellfish according to categories, from live oysters to dead shell sampled from the reef substrate. Based on oyster shell anatomy and the separate uses of the right (lid) and left (dish) valves, the second model considers how oyster processing and consumption is characterised archaeologically in differential valve counts and pairing rates.

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19 世纪墨尔本牡蛎消费考古学
本文介绍了对墨尔本四个 19 世纪历史考古遗址中海洋贝壳的比较研究。贝壳主要来自泥牡蛎(Ostrea angasi)和悉尼岩牡蛎(Saccostrea glomerata),这些牡蛎是从澳大利亚东南海岸线的天然礁石上进行商业捕捞的。该研究收集量化数据,为 19 世纪的牡蛎产业提供信息,并调查不同地点之间的贝壳变化及其对加工、消费和丢弃的影响。潮下暗礁的疏浚为牡蛎的数量优势、亚化石养殖物(Anadara)的存在以及多种小型贝类提供了解释。泥牡蛎和悉尼岩牡蛎在瓣膜大小、边数和保存方面的比较记录了由于产地、沉积条件和贝壳加工而造成的地点内和地点间的显著差异。这些数据构成了两个模型的基础。第一个模型预测礁石挖掘的考古代表性,并根据从活牡蛎到从礁石底层取样的死壳等类别对贝类进行排序。第二个模型以牡蛎壳的解剖结构以及右瓣(盖)和左瓣(盘)的不同用途为基础,考虑了牡蛎加工和消费在不同瓣数和配对率方面的考古特征。
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期刊介绍: Archaeology in Oceania is published online and in print versions three times a year: April, July, October. It accepts articles and research reports in prehistoric and historical archaeology, modern material culture and human biology of ancient and modern human populations. Its primary geographic focus is Australia, the islands of the Pacific Ocean and lands of the western Pacific rim. All articles and research reports accepted as being within the remit of the journal and of appropriate standard will be reviewed by two scholars; authors will be informed of these comments though not necessarily of the reviewer’s names.
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