Abstract
An assemblage of 76 malacological remains was retrieved from the French School in Yafo. It includes 11 species of local Mediterranean seashells and land snails, one indo-pacific bivalve, one bivalve from the Nile River and two fragments of freshwater bivalves. A cross made of mother of pearl was found in a soil accumulation of the late Ottoman period. The shells were used as construction material and as objects of aesthetic or symbolic value, possibly amulets.
Keywords
malacology
Recommended Citation
Ktalav, Inbar
(2020)
"The Molluscs from the French School on Yefet Street, Yafo (Jaffa) (pp. 529–532),"
'Atiqot: Vol. 100, Article 47.
DOI: https://doi.org/10.70967/2948-040X.2125
Available at:
https://publications.iaa.org.il/atiqot/vol100/iss1/47
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