Definitions for kitchen midden
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Random House Webster's College Dictionary
kitch′en mid`den(n.)
a mound consisting of shells of edible mollusks and other refuse, marking the site of a prehistoric human habitation.
Category: Archaeology
Origin of kitchen midden:
1860–65; trans. of Dan køkkenmødding
Princeton's WordNet
eitchen midden, midden, kitchen midden(noun)
(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
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