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kitchen midden definition

kitchen midden

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

Etymology: transl. of Dan køkkenmødding: see midden

Webster's New World College Dictionary Copyright © 2009 by Wiley Publishing, Inc., Cleveland, Ohio.
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