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我们了解过去的人类社会很有价值。虽然它们有食物、工艺品和象征价值，而且经常被交易，但海龟很难识别。该项目的目的是开发一种方法来改进识别，然后，从史前晚期到后中世纪时期，来自希腊、意大利和伊比利亚的案例研究将用于重建地中海的贸易路线。在一些地方，陆龟是严重濒危的，在这个项目中重建它们的原生范围将有助于解决保护问题，以及历史问题。

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.