Figure 1: Map showing the location of the modern cockle collection sites in Britain.
Figure 2: Regular growth markings on the exterior and interior structure of the common cockle.
Figure 3: Map showing the location of Krabbesholm and Norsminde midden sites in Denmark.
Figure 4: Pie charts showing species representation MNI throughout Krabbesholm column 7737.
Figure 5: Photographs showing the site locations of columns 7737 and 7738 at Krabbesholm. The picture on the left is looking up the slope of the midden and the picture on the right looks down the slope (photographs taken by N. Milner)
Figure 6: Pie charts showing species representation MNI throughout Krabbesholm column 7738.
Figure 7: Shoreline collection areas implied by the molluscs at Krabbesholm 7737.
Figure 8: Shoreline collection areas implied by the molluscs at Krabbesholm 7738
Figure 9: Pie charts showing species representation based on the MNI through the Norsminde kitchen midden.
Figure 10: Shoreline collection areas implied by the molluscs at Norsminde
Figure 11: Modern cockle collection age classes
Figure 12: Krabbesholm 7737 age classes plotted against the modern Welsh and Scottish age curves.
Figure 13: Krabbesholm 7738 age classes plotted against the modern Welsh and Scottish age curves.
Figure 14: Norsminde age classes plotted against the modern Welsh and Scottish age curves.
Figure 15: Seasonality of gathering as indicated by the cockle shells from columns 7737and 7738 at Krabbesholm.
Figure 16: Seasonality of gathering as indicated by the oyster shells from Krabbesholm column 7737 (Milner pers.comm.).
Figure 17: Seasonality of gathering as indicated by the cockle shells from Norsminde.
Figure 18: Seasonality of gathering as indicated by the oyster shells from Norsminde (Milner 2002).
Table 1: The dates and number of cockle valves received from the modern British collection sites.
Table 2: The number of modern and archaeological cockle valves used at different stages of analysis.
Table 3: Summary of the Krabbesholm cockle collection patterns demonstrated by age range.
Table 4: Summary of the Norsminde archaeological cockle collection patterns demonstrated by cockle age.
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