Sentences with phrase «midden heaps»

Their heritage is evident in archaeological sites, midden heaps, ceremonial bora rings, and stone implements.

They're boring and a bit embarrassing to own; on whole, they're sort of the midden heap of the investing world.

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1 Dawn of the dump: The oldest trash heaps, called middens, are in South Africa and contain shells roughly 140,000 years old.

Even Diamond had noted that bones of seals comprised 60 % to 80 % of the bones from trash heaps, called middens, found at small Norse farms.

Perry and her colleagues looked for traces of chilies in ancient middens, or trash heaps, where such microscopic residue is preserved among other refuse.

Jon Erlandson of the University of Oregon in Eugene and his team found finely crafted spearheads on the islands alongside more than 50 shell middens — large trash heaps of seashells and animal bones.