midden

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The project overall is called the Super Midden, based on midden - a word mostly used by archaeologists to describe ancient rubbish dumps.

From BBC • Jul. 16, 2025

Or take a sea kayak tour from Ganges out to Third Sister Island, where you’ll see a large Indigenous shell midden at Chocolate Beach.

From Seattle Times • Feb. 3, 2023

One theory archaeologists are knocking about is the trove or artifacts might have been a midden or pit where detritus was tossed.

From Washington Times • Apr. 27, 2019

“A shell heap or shell midden — it’s basically their trash.”

From New York Times • Jan. 16, 2017

There was no movement from the midden pile, where the bright shorts and blouses of the children marked their passage.

From "The Devil's Arithmetic" by Jane Yolen