Introduction Twenty years of ethnoarchaeological research in Tierra del Fuego on hunterr-fisher-gatherers (Fig. 1) has led us to reflect on some of the assumptions made in coastal archaeology, and specifically on the in interpretation of mesolithic shell middens. Contrasting the results from archaeological and ethnographic work on the same group is a way to of rewviewing the potential weak area...

Along the Southeast coast of Iberian Peninsula are numerous remains linked to ancient purple exploitation destined for elaborating dyes. Our study focused on analysing Torregarcía’s site (Almeria, Spain), which is set in Cabo de Gata-Níjar Natural Park, a protected coastal space huge ecological interest. Torregarcía was excavated 1980s. Despite its importance, it has remained invisible historio...