Seasonality Study of Shellfish Gathering using Oxygen Isotope Analysis

산소동위원소 분석을 이용한 조개채집의 계절성 연구

In archaeology, oxygen isotope analysis using marine shells has been used to reconstruct past environment and determine the season of shellfish-gathering activities in the past. Modern oysters(Crassostrea gigas) from Solsum ao the mouth of Chonsu Bay were anayzed to examine the potential of the species for determining seasonality by oxygin isotope analysis. As a result, it appears that the species can be used for this purpose.