| 释义 |
Shell mound
| a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See Midden, and Kitchen middens. | | See under Mound.- Fuller. |
See also: Mound, Shell shell mound
shell mound, in archaeology, a mound consisting largely of the shells of edible mollusks. It is a kind of kitchen middenkitchen midden,
refuse heap left by a prehistoric settlement; more specifically, a deposit consisting primarily of discarded shell and related cultural material in coastal environments.
..... Click the link for more information. found in various parts of the world.ThesaurusSeemidden |