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Andrew (et al.)!</div>
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Sorry for the slow reply. At the moment, I'm finishing up the semester.</div>
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The short answer is: I don't know of any specific ethnohistoric remarks about turtle (terrapin) abundance off the top of my head, and I don't have access to my library. Here are a few things I do know about use:</div>
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-the idea among many New and Old World cultures that the earth is on the back of a turtle--so the turtle is 'fundamental' (see slide)</div>
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-at the Clovis period (ca. 11,000 BP) Gault site in Texas, turtles were the most abundant food item (i.e., more heavily relied on than Pleistocene megafauna)</div>
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-in coastal sites anyway (lower Atlantic, central and panhandle Gulf), in latter prehistory, turtle is a consistent inclusion in middens, but most abundant protein and calories source is small (nettable) fishes.</div>
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-Where I have found the most turtle in latter sites is in ceremonial contexts, where they may have served (heh) as food items, but they were also used to make rattles.</div>
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Some years ago, a student from Italy contacted me about turtles, and I sent her the attached. I'm sorry, the format is unwieldy, but I don't have a good way to fix it from home.--As it turns out, I can't send this all at once, so I'll send a few at a time.</div>
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I'd be happy to revisit this when I have better access to my books.</div>
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Sorry for the slow reply. At the moment, I'm finishing up the semester.</div>
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The short answer is: I don't know of any specific ethnohistoric remarks about turtle (terrapin) abundance off the top of my head, and I don't have access to my library. Here are a few things I do know about use:</div>
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-the idea among many New and Old World cultures that the earth is on the back of a turtle--so the turtle is 'fundamental' (see slide)</div>
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-at the Clovis period (ca. 11,000 BP) Gault site in Texas, turtles were the most abundant food item (i.e., more heavily relied on than Pleistocene megafauna)</div>
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-in coastal sites anyway (lower Atlantic, central and panhandle Gulf), in latter prehistory, turtle is a consistent inclusion in middens, but most abundant protein and calories source is small (nettable) fishes.</div>
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-Where I have found the most turtle in latter sites is in ceremonial contexts, where they may have served (heh) as food items, but they were also used to make rattles.</div>
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Some years ago, a student from Italy contacted me about turtles, and I sent her the attached. I'm sorry, the format is unwieldy, but I don't have a good way to fix it from home.--As it turns out, I can't send this all at once, so I'll send a few at a time.</div>
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I'd be happy to revisit this when I have better access to my books.</div>
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