ZOOARCHAEOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF A MULTICOMPONENTSHELL-BEARING SITE IN DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE

Site 40DV7 is one of several large shell-bearing sites located along the Cumberland River near Nashville which were heavily impacted by catastrophic flooding and looting activity during the spring of 2010. Emergency sampling and ongoing monitoring at 40DV7 since that time have identified deeply-stratified deposits spanning the Archaic through Mississippian periods. These deposits, and particularly the temporally-distinct shell midden components, may help inform our understanding of human occupation, species interdependence, and environmental change along the Cumberland River over a period of more than 5000 years.40DV7遗址是纳什维尔附近坎伯兰河沿岸多处带有贝壳遗存的大型遗址之一，该遗址在2010年春季遭受了严重的灾难性洪水与盗掘活动破坏。自此次事件以来，针对40DV7遗址开展的应急采样与持续监测工作，已确认其存在年代跨度涵盖古风期（Archaic Period）至密西西比期（Mississippian Period）的深厚层状堆积。这些堆积，尤其是具有明确年代分层的贝丘（shell midden）遗存，或可为我们深入理解坎伯兰河流域五千余年间的人类定居活动、物种依存关系与环境变迁提供重要参考。