The Palaeoshells project was present at the 10th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe (Meso 2020), organized by the University of Tolouse (France) and held between 7 and 11 September. Due to the current exceptional situation worldwide due to the COVID-19, the conference was held entirely online. The videos of the communications and the discussion of the sessions will be available until October 15 on the congress website and will be accessible by registering for the congress (https://meso2020.sciencesconf.org/).
During the congress, the members of the Palaeoshells project Asier García-Escárzaga (Max Planck Institute), Igor Gutiérrez-Zugasti and David Cuenca Solana (International Institute of Prehistoric Research of Cantabria), together with other members of these institutions, presented the communication “Stable oxygen isotope analysis and the seasonal exploitation of Patella depressa Pennant, 1777 during the Mesolithic in the Cantabrian region (N Iberia)”, in which the preliminary results of the study on the season of collection of limpets Patella depressa in the Mesolithic site of El Mazo, located in Asturias (northern Spain) were described. The results showed that the collection was carried out mainly in winter and probably also in spring, reflecting the existence of a clear seasonal pattern in the collection of these resources.