Middens

Word MIDDENS
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Definitions and meanings of "Middens"

What do we mean by middens?

A dungheap.

A refuse heap usually near a dwelling.

A prehistoric pile of bones and shells.

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The word "middens" in example sentences

From the article: Packrats, which look like brown squirrels with Dumbo ears, are skilled home builders, and their massive nests, known as middens, can last 10,000 to 20,000 years though they are not usually inhabited the entire time. ❋ Unknown (2006)

A world where oaths could be cast out with the chamberpots onto the middens was a world doomed to the rule of the likes of Count Syzambry and the Star Brothers. ❋ Green, Roland (1992)

The south end of the lake, Mr. Zaborowski said, held one of the largest 'middens' (garbage dumps) for aboriginal villagers centuries ago. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Woodrats also are known as packrats because they build yard-wide, 2-foot-tall "middens" using twigs, branches, pottery shards and other debris. ❋ Unknown (2009)

In like manner the eatable cockle, mussel, and periwinkle (Cardium edule, Mytilus edulis, and Littorina littorea), which are met with in great numbers in the "middens," are of the ordinary dimensions which they acquire in the ocean, whereas the same species now living in the adjoining parts of the Baltic only attain a third of their natural size, being stunted and dwarfed in their growth by the quantity of fresh water poured by rivers into that inland sea. ❋ Charles Lyell (1836)

I often saw their middens in the forest, huge heaps of discarded seed husks. ❋ Annie Proulx (2011)

Our middens will contain numerous paper clips and pennies. ❋ Unknown (2009)

Travirca believes many artifacts he's finding come from middens, or mounds where families lived and buried their dead. ❋ Unknown (2011)

He is the author of well over 100 research publications including journal articles, book chapters, and six books on desert grassland, the cacti of Sonora, the Sonoran desert tortoise, and packrat middens and the paleoecology of the southwestern deserts. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Or in comparison to the middens and bings of Lochgelly, Auchterderan and Lumphinans. ❋ Unknown (2010)

Shell middens testify to Khoisan seasonal migrations. ❋ Unknown (2008)

Stone tools from the Early Stone Age and hundreds of later shell middens have been found. 20,000 years ago it was inhabited by San hunter-gatherers who left striking rock art some 5,000 years old. ❋ Unknown (2009)

These become overlain with sand from the dunes, and develop into grassy middens. ❋ Unknown (2009)

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