Author Archives: winderjssc

About winderjssc

A volunteer helper at the Charlton Down Nature Area in Dorset using a life-long interest in natural history to help improve the biodiversity and amenity value of the site. Enthusiastic about the natural world right on our doorstep, and wanting to enable all visitors to enjoy, learn, and appreciate the value of wilder places.

A study of the variation in oyster shells from archaeological sites and a discussion of oyster exploitation – PhD Thesis

Posted on May 19, 2021 by winderjssc

Jessica Margaret Winder 1992 University of Southampton I started studying oyster shells from archaeological sites way back in the 1970s. In the 1980s I compiled many reports into a PhD thesis and gave an overview of the results. The thesis … Continue reading →

Oysters in Archaeology (Chapter Offprint Download))

Posted on June 1, 2020 by winderjssc

Molluscs in Archaeology – methods, approaches and applications edited by Michael J. Allen, part of the Studying Scientific Archaeology Series (3) was published by Oxbow Books in June 2017. I contributed a chapter on Oysters in Archaeology to this book, … Continue reading →

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Wild Oysters on the Queensland Coast Part 2

Posted on April 7, 2020 by winderjssc

The oysters that I found on the rocks at the northern end of Three Mile Beach in Port Douglas were so different from the ones I had seen at Cape Tribulation that I wondered if they were oysters at all. … Continue reading →

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Wild Oysters on the Queensland Coast Part 1

Posted on April 6, 2020 by winderjssc

I have written a lot about the natural variations in oyster shells belonging to the British Native, Flat, or European Oyster, Ostrea edulis Linnaeus. However variable these shells may be, it is always possible to identify the shells as belonging … Continue reading →

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Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 02

Posted on March 31, 2019 by winderjssc

Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 02 – photographs of variations in ligament scars showing growth lines in right and left valves of modern/recent Ostrea edulis oyster shells found washed up on the beach in Gower, South … Continue reading →

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Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 01

Posted on March 18, 2019 by winderjssc

Ligament Scars in Flat Oyster Shells – Image Gallery 01 – photographs of variations in ligament scars showing growth lines in right and left valves of modern/recent Ostrea edulis oyster shells found washed up on the beach in Gower, South … Continue reading →