middens

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Definition of middens in English Turkish dictionary

midden
mezbele
midden
çöp yığını

Eski bir çöp yığını şu anda arkeolojik bir hazinedir. - It is an ancient midden, presently an archaeological treasury.

midden
{i} gübrelik
midden
kitchen midden antro
midden
içinde insan ve hayvan kemikleri ile taş aletler bulunan tarihöncesinden kalma çöp yığını
English - English
plural of midden
midden
A dungheap
kitchen middens
Relics of neolithic man found on the coast of Denmark, consisting of shell mounds, some of which are ten feet high, one thousand feet long, and two hundred feet wide
kitchen middens
The name is applied also to similar mounds found on the American coast from Canada to Florida, made by the North American Indians
midden
The layer of soil which contains the byproducts of human activity as the result of the accumulation of these materials on their living surface For prehistoric sites, a layer of soil that was stained to a dark color by the decomposition of organic refuse which also contained food bones, fragments of stone tools, charcoal, pieces of pottery, or other discarded materials For historic sites, a similar layer of soil but with appropriate historic material remains often in a much thinner deposit
midden
a pile of animal waste or things such as food that have been thrown away
midden
a heap of dung or refuse
midden
A deposit of occupation debris, rubbish, or other byproducts of human activities
midden
The band or layer of soil which contains the byproducts of human activity as the result of the accumulation of these materials on their living surface For prehistoric sites, a layer of soil that was stained to a dark color by the decomposition of organic refuse which also contained food bones, fragments of stone tools, charcoal, pieces of pottery, or other discarded materials For historic sites, a similar layer of soil but with appropriate historic material remains often in a much thinner deposit These deposits can be seen as strata and oftentimes when more than one strata of midden is present in a site, and clearly define, each strata can be called a Lens
midden
An accumulation of refuse about a dwelling place; especially, an accumulation of shells or of cinders, bones, and other refuse on the supposed site of the dwelling places of prehistoric tribes, as on the shores of the Baltic Sea and in many other places
midden
prehistoric pile of bones and shells
midden
An accumulation of garbage, high in organic content
midden
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling
midden
{i} garbage heap, pile of refuse
midden
A deposit marking a former habitation site and containing such materials as discarded artifacts, bone and shell, food refuse, charcoal, ash, rock, human remains, structural remnants, and other cultural leavings (Moratto 1984: 592)
midden
See Kitchen middens
midden
The layer of soil in an excavation which was the "trash" area for human activity, where items such as pottery sherds, food, bones and broken tools might be found
midden
A refuse heap A privy midden is a heap of human waste, a dunghill, deposited either directly or by the emptying of privies or chamberpots
midden
an area used for trash disposal
midden
A dunghill or refuse heap
midden
a pile of material, mostly clam shells but also including pottery sherds, bones, and other "trash", left by the Tchefuncte era Indians
midden
a pre-historic garbage dump, usually containing shells and/or bones
midden
pile of refuse
midden
an area where people lived and disposed of their garbage; ususally consists of food remains (e g , animal bone and shell), but may also contain features and discarded artifacts
midden
piles of freshly cleaned mussels
midden
A deposit of camp refuse associated with human occupational sites Most frequently refers to coastal SHELL-MIDDENS
midden
A dunghill
midden
A prehistoric refuse heap, usually composed of shells
midden
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
midden
A pit in which trash or garbage is buried Usually only organic garbage