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Definition of Midden

1. Noun. (archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement.

Definition of Midden

1. n. A dunghill.

Definition of Midden

1. Noun. A dungheap. ¹

2. Noun. A refuse heap usually near a dwelling. ¹

3. Noun. (archaeology) prehistoric pile of bones and shells. ¹

¹ Source: wiktionary.com

Definition of Midden

1. a dunghill [n -S] - See also: dunghill

Lexicographical Neighbors of Midden

Literary usage of Midden

Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:

1. Report of the Annual Meeting (1901)
"Notes on the Excavation of an ancient Kitchen midden recently discovered on the St. Ford Links, near Elie, Fife. By ROBERT MUNRO, MD1 After narrating the ..."

2. The Treatment and Utilisation of Sewage by William Henry Corfield (1887)
"THE simplest form of midden heap as it exists in all uncivilised places ... The first improvement on the old midden-pits is to make them impervious by ..."

3. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1901)
"NOTES ON THE BONES COLLECTED BY DR MUNRO FROM THE KITCHEN-midden AT ELIE. ... D., FRS I have carefully examined the bones from the kitchen-midden at Elie, ..."

4. Proceedings of the Society of Antiquaries of Scotland by Society of Antiquaries of Scotland (1907)
"NOTICE OF KITCHEN-midden DEPOSITS ON NORTH BERWICK LAW, AND OTHER ANTIQUITIES IN THE VICINITY OF NORTH BERWICK ; WITH A NOTE OF AN UNDESCRIBED SCULPTURED ..."

5. Sussex Archaeological Collections Relating to the History and Antiquities of by Sussex Archaeological Society (1898)
"This new road cut through a little swelling knoll which proved to be mainly an extensive " Kitchen midden" or ancient rubbish heap, about feet in diameter, ..."

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