Open Access Journal: Archaeo+Malacology Group Newsletter

The A+M Group Newsletter was started independently by Janet Ridout-Sharpe following a talk she gave to fellow members of the Conchological Society of Great Britain and Ireland at the Natural History Museum in London in 2000, which described her work on archaeological shell assemblages undertaken, albeit on a very part-time basis, since the late 1970s. Having worked in virtual isolation, it was a revelation to discover that others had similar interests, and a brief note in The Conchologists Newsletter in September 2000 elicited responses from more than 30 people. Intended to encourage communication between archaeomalacologists, the first issue of the newsletter appeared in July 2001, originally under the title Malaco+Archaeology Group Newsletter, which was changed to its present title in January 2003 to reflect that of the newly-established ICAZ Archaeomalacology Working Group. The newsletter was initially published privately and sent to recipients individually by email. As interest in the subject grew, and because the newsletter and the ICAZ group were aimed at the same audience, the ICAZ

Archaeomalacology Working Group agreed to host the newsletter on its website from issue 5 in March 2004. Newsletter issues have appeared at roughly six-monthly intervals and include short articles, research notes, abstracts of publications, notices of meetings, requests for information, and anything else of potential interest to archaeomalacologists. Janet went on to edit 22 issues until January 2013 when she handed over the reins to Annalisa Christie. Cindy Nelson-Viljoen took over the role of newsletter editor in September 2016.

• Issue 35, February 2021
• Issue 34, August 2020
• Issue 33, February 2020
• Issue 32, August 2019
• Issue 31, February 2019
• Issue 30, August 2018
• Issue 29, February 2018
• Issue 28, August 2017
• Issue 27, February 2017
• Issue 26, August 2016
• Issue 25, April 2015
• Issue 24, April 2014
• Issue 23, October 2013
• Issue 22, January 2013
• Issue 21, June 2012
• Issue 20, December 2011
• Issue 19, Summer 2011
• Issue 18, December 2010
• Issue 17, June 2010
• Issue 16, December 2009
• Issue 15, June 2009
• Issue 14, December 2008
• Issue 13, June 2008
• Issue 12, December 2007
• Issue 11, May 2007
• Issue 10, December 2006
• Issue 9, March 2006
• Issue 8, September 2004
• Issue 7, March 2005
• Issue 6, September 2004
• Issue 5, March 2004
• Issue 4, August 2003
• Issue 3, January 2003
• Issue 2, April 2002
• Issue 1, July 2001