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kitchen midden

a mound of shells, animal bones, and other accumulated refuse discarded by a prehistoric settlement, esp. from the Mesolithic period

Origin: transl. of Dan køkkenmødding: see midden

See kitchen midden in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun

A mound or deposit of kitchen refuse.
Archaeology See midden.

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