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midden是什么意思

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midden 是什么意思

中文翻译与英英解释

n.
〔方言〕粪堆;【考古】贝冢(= kitchen midden)。
a heap of dung or refuse
同义词:dunghill, muckheap, muckhill,

(archeology) a mound of domestic refuse containing shells and animal bones marking the site of a prehistoric settlement
同义词:eitchen midden, kitchen midden,

A midden (also kitchen midden or shell heap) is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, vermin, shells, sherds, lithics (especially debitage), and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation. The word is of Scandinavian via Middle English derivation, but is used by archaeologists worldwide to describe any kind of feature containing waste products relating to day-to-day human life.

例句与用法

1.Similar cultural remains were found in sandbar and shell midden sites in shenzhen , dongguan , zhuhai and macau . the shapes and decoration of the pottery and stoneware unearthed are more or less identical to those discovered in hong kong
同期的文化遗物,亦于深圳、东莞、珠海及澳门的沙丘和贝丘遗址发现,出土的陶器和石器,其器型及纹饰均与香港的大致相同。

 
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