midden

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English - Turkish
mezbele
çöp yığını

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

gübrelik
kitchen midden antro
içinde insan ve hayvan kemikleri ile taş aletler bulunan tarihöncesinden kalma çöp yığını
English - English
A dungheap
A refuse heap usually near a dwelling
prehistoric pile of bones and shells
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
a pile of animal waste or things such as food that have been thrown away
a heap of dung or refuse
A deposit of occupation debris, rubbish, or other byproducts of human activities
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
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
An accumulation of garbage, high in organic content
{i} garbage heap, pile of refuse
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)
See Kitchen middens
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
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
an area used for trash disposal
A dunghill or refuse heap
a pile of material, mostly clam shells but also including pottery sherds, bones, and other "trash", left by the Tchefuncte era Indians
a pre-historic garbage dump, usually containing shells and/or bones
pile of refuse
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
piles of freshly cleaned mussels
A deposit of camp refuse associated with human occupational sites Most frequently refers to coastal SHELL-MIDDENS
A dunghill
A prehistoric refuse heap, usually composed of shells
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
A pit in which trash or garbage is buried Usually only organic garbage

Related Terms

midden crow
The common European crow
eitchen midden
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
middens
plural of midden
midden

    Hyphenation

    mid·den

    Pronunciation

    Etymology

    () From early Scandinavian (early Danish mög-dynge, Norwegian mødding) through Middle English myddyng: muck + dung.
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