365 Days of Archaeology
365 Days of Archaeology
Archaeology Podcast Network
Prehistoric Shellfish Exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay - Episode 18022
3 minutes Posted Jan 22, 2018 at 8:00 pm.
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Prehistoric shellfish exploitation in the Chesapeake Bay

This podcast is about prehistoric shell middens in the Chesapeake Bay region on the Atlantic coast of the United states.  Archaeologists use the term midden to refer to trash deposits, and a shell midden is just the result of prehistoric shellfishing.