Book Review: Molluscs in Archaeology. Methods, approaches and applications Ed. Mike Allen.

摘要

I have been interested in nature for almost as long as I can remember, a fascination that began when my dad showed me wildlife in the countryside around Alnwick before I was five years old. Perhaps I began to notice molluscs during childhood trips to the seaside when looking for shells and sea coal on the Northumbrian beaches would have kept me occupied. A move south took the family to Bedford and later Cambridge. Molluscs certainly became a stronger interest then and I acquired British Shells by Nora McMillan, my first mollusc book. I also very nearly encountered the Conchological Society (CS) as Beryl Rands, a President of the Society, organised activities for junior members of the Bedfordshire Natural History Society. Schooldays were also the time I had my first practical experience of archaeology, volunteering on digs in Bedford town centre.