kitchen midden
Use Kitchen midden in a sentencekitchen midden
noun
a mound consisting of shells of edible mollusks and other refuse, marking the site of a prehistoric human habitation.
Origin:
1860–65; translation of Danish kökkenmödding
1860–65; translation of Danish kökkenmödding
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| kitchen midden | |
| —n | |
| archaeol the site of a large mound of domestic refuse marking a prehistoric settlement: usually including bones, potsherds, seashells, etc | |
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Kitchen midden
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Example sentences
The kitchen midden contained animal bones, ceramics, and other artifacts.
Judging from kitchen midden sites-shell mounds-found in the nearby dunes, it was a rich bounty indeed.
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