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aheap(=largepile)ofanimalwaste, orwastematerialthrownaway byhumanbeingsin the past: 粪堆；垃圾堆It wascustomaryfordungandbeddingto berottedfor up to ayearin a midden beforespreadingon theland.传统的做法是让粪便和垫料在洞穴中腐烂最多一年，然后再撒到土地上。 - Thecellstanklike a midden and thestrawunderfoothadlainsolongit was ablack, oozymess.
- Theshellmiddens areprehistorictrashdumps, where the Karankawatossedoysterandclamshells,brokenpottery,bonesoftheirmealsand otherrefuse.
- So manyreddeerboneshave beenfoundatrefusemiddensdatingfrom thisperiodit wouldappearthatvenisonwas theprimemeatsourcefor about 50,000yearsinsouthernEurope.
- Herockedtheadministrationtwoyearsago, byrevealingit as asteamingmidden ofliesandduplicity.
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See more results » Examplesofmiddenmidden We also took flotation samples from middens and other undisturbed contexts.From theCambridge English Corpus Some degree of mixture with "background noise" of generalmiddendebris probably occurred in concentrations at both structures and is to be expected.From theCambridge English Corpus Whole vessels interred in ritual contexts, as well as sherds from middens, sherd-lined pits, and house floors, are suggestive of larger changes within society.From theCambridge English Corpus The sheer quantity of dung might be staggering in urban areas in an era dominated by horse transport, cowsheds, minor piggeries, middens and cesspits.From theCambridge English Corpus Domestic debris is associated with architectural remains and is also found in sheetmiddendeposits that extend across the entire island.From theCambridge English Corpus Beneath the flagstone pavement, anothermiddenwas encountered.From theCambridge English Corpus Statuette fragments are always found on the household middens of this period, so their usage was apparently not restricted to votive offerings or funerary rituals.From theCambridge English Corpus For cryptic species, such as dik-dik and klipspringer, dung middens in well-characterized territories along sampling transects were marked and routinely checked for fresh fecal samples.From theCambridge English Corpus These areas were test-pitted rather than horizontally excavated, so our evidence includes not structure contents but, rather,middenmaterial associated with the group.From theCambridge English Corpus Unlike shell beads, there is little evidence of tinklers inmiddenand construction-fill deposits.From theCambridge English Corpus Due to behavior patterns of refuse discard, household middens are commonly considered as representing total household activities, primarily because of proximity.From theCambridge English Corpus Finally, interspersed between the largemiddenand the paved streets a large number of small and tightly clustered loam buildings were found.From theCambridge English Corpus Put another way, primary deposits such as floors and uncontaminated rubbish middens are comparatively rare.From theCambridge English Corpus This contrasts with the absence of marl and charcoal, as well as the non-oily texture, in themiddenabove the flagstones.From theCambridge English Corpus Themiddenbelow the pavement was very moist and oily, with a tremendous quantity of small charcoal fragments and marl inclusions.From theCambridge English Corpus These examples are from corpora and from sources on the web. Any opinions in the examples do not represent the opinion of the Cambridge Dictionary editors or of Cambridge University Press or its licensors. |