The study of turtle remains from archaeological sites: implications for our understanding of mobility, trade and resource use in the Mediterranean.

对海龟考古遗迹的研究对于我们了解过去的人类社会是有价值的。尽管它们有食物、工艺品和象征价值，而且经常被交易，但海龟很难被识别。该项目的目的是开发一种改进识别的方法，然后，将使用希腊、意大利和伊比利亚的案例研究，从史前晚期到后中世纪时代，重建地中海的贸易路线。在一些地方，乌龟处于严重濒危状态，在这个项目中重建它们的栖息地将有助于解决保护问题和历史问题。

Research on turtle archaeological remains can be valuable for our understanding of past human societies. Although they had food, craft, and symbolic values and were often traded, turtles are difficult to identify. The aim of this project is to develop a methodology to improve identifications, then, case studies from Greece, Italy, and Iberia, from late Prehistory to Post-medieval times, will be used to reconstruct trade routes in the Mediterranean. In several places, tortoises are severely endangered, and the reconstruction of their native ranges within this project will help to address conservation concerns, as well as historical questions.