Ruiz, FranciscoFranciscoRuizGómez, GabrielGabrielGómezGonzález-Regalado, María LuzMaría LuzGonzález-RegaladoVidal, Joaquín RodríguezJoaquín RodríguezVidalCáceres, Luis MiguelLuis MiguelCáceresGómez, PaulaPaulaGómezClemente, María JoséMaría JoséClementeBerrnejo, JavierJavierBerrnejoCampos, JuanJuanCamposToscano, AntonioAntonioToscanoAbad, ManuelManuelAbadIzquierdo, TatianaTatianaIzquierdoMuñoz, Juan ManuelJuan ManuelMuñozCarretero, María IsabelMaría IsabelCarreteroPrudêncio, Maria IsabelMaria IsabelPrudêncioDias, Maria IsabelMaria IsabelDiasMarques, RosaRosaMarquesTosquella, JosepJosepTosquellaRomero, VerónicaVerónicaRomeroMonge, GuadalupeGuadalupeMonge2026-10-192026-10-192020-01Ruiz, Francisco; Gómez, Gabriel; González-Regalado, María Luz; Vidal, Joaquín Rodríguez; Cáceres, Luis Miguel; Gómez, Paula; Clemente, María José; Berrnejo, Javier; Campos, Juan; Toscano, Antonio; Abad, Manuel; Izquierdo, Tatiana; Muñoz, Juan Manuel; Carretero, María Isabel; Prudêncio, Maria Isabel; Dias, Maria Isabel; Marques, Rosa; Tosquella, Josep; Romero, Verónica; Monge, Guadalupe (2020-01). A multidisciplinary analysis of shell deposits from Saltes Island (SW Spain): The origin of a new Roman shell midden. PALAEOGEOGRAPHY PALAEOCLIMATOLOGY PALAEOECOLOGY, 538, 109416. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.1094160031-01821872-616Xhttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12740/25252The analysis of shell deposits eroded by a ebb-tide channel on Saltes Island (Tinto-Odiel estuary, SW Spain) resulted in the identification of a new shell midden, associated with the activity of a nearby Roman factory over the 4th-5th centuries CE. This midden differs from other old shell deposits (sandy tidal flats, cheniers, washover fans) in several features: a) its malacological content, dominated by edible species (mainly the bivalve Glycymeris nummaria) and differentiated by statistical analysis; b) a partial selection and better conservation of Glycymeris nummaria (Linnaeus), its most abundant species; c) the absence of microfauna, which implies a previous washing to its final deposit; and d) an age concordant with the one deduced from the Roman amphoraic remains found in this area and subsequent to the washover fans on whom it was deposited. All these features, together with the absence of both anthropic fractures or cooking, would indicate that this Roman shell midden was the end result of a trawling on subtidal Glycymeris-rich sandy bottoms with adjacent grasslands, where the gastropod Bittium reticulatum (da Costa) was the most abundant mollusc. This gastropod is the dominant species in the remaining shell deposits.enMolluscsTaphonomyStatisticsMicrofaunaArchaeologyRoman periodArticulohttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.palaeo.2019.109416