Tag Archives: Ostrea edulis Linnaeus

Flat Oyster shells at Rhossili Bay

Posted on February 13, 2018 by winderjssc

A gallery of pictures of European Flat Oyster shells (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus) washed up on the sandy beach at Rhossili Bay in South Wales on 2nd February 2018. Photographed just as they were found, they are all separated left and … Continue reading →

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Flat Oyster Shells at Swansea Bay

Posted on February 11, 2018 by winderjssc

A gallery of pictures of European Flat Oyster shells (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus) washed up on the sandy beach at Swansea Bay in South Wales on 1st February 2018. Photographed just as they were found, they are all separated left and … Continue reading →

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The Marine Mollusca in “Redeemed from the Heath – the archaeology of the Wytch Farm Oilfield (1987-90)

Posted on January 31, 2016 by winderjssc

Please click on the link below to download a PDF of the report which describes the analyses of edible molluscan remains found in midden deposits on the south shore of Poole Harbour in Dorset, England, with suggestions for the localities … Continue reading →

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The Oysters in Excavations at Poole 1973-1983

Posted on January 28, 2016 by winderjssc

Please click on the link below to download a PDF copy of the full oyster shell report from excavations in the town of Poole, Dorset, England, in which the oyster studies established A substantial industry, as indicated by large middens, … Continue reading →

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Black clumped oysters at Rhossili

Posted on October 10, 2013 by winderjssc
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Black Oyster Shells on the Beach 3

Posted on April 19, 2013 by winderjssc

A most unusual form of very thick-shelled burial-blackened oyster shell right valve. It looks almost like a set of nesting bowls. It is clearly an old shell – it lived a long time – but it failed to grow much … Continue reading →

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Black Oyster Shells on the Beach 2

Posted on April 18, 2013 by winderjssc

These Black Oyster Postings are about the multiplicity of variations in shells of the British Native Oyster, also known as the Flat or European Oyster, Ostrea edulis Linnaeus. Sometimes, as in this Posting, the shells are photographed just as found, … Continue reading →

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Black Oyster Shells on the Beach 1

Posted on April 17, 2013 by winderjssc

An example of a black-stained oyster shell, Native or Flat European Oyster (Ostrea edulis Linnaeus), washed ashore at Rhossili Bay on the Gower Peninsula. The colour is due to prolonged burial in anoxic sediments. For more information about this phenomenon … Continue reading →

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Oyster shells from archaeological sites: a brief illustrated guide to basic processing

Posted on March 29, 2011 by winderjssc

  Oyster shells from archaeological sites: a brief illustrated guide to basic processing Important notes This manual (which can be downloaded via the links below) describes a simple way of recording details of the macroscopic appearance in oyster shells recovered … Continue reading →

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