Wordie: Midden: Comments

Comment by TheGretstar, 3 months ago

Wed, 18 Jun 2008 06:24:14 +0000

In archaeology the contents of a midden are specific to the area. Coastal middens will have mainly shells with sea mammal and fish bones, where as a midden at a site in the desert will likely consist of very different materials, whatever is available for human consumption and discardation.

We usually refer to them as "pre-historic garbage heaps"

Comment by ofravens, 5 months ago

Mon, 14 Apr 2008 06:01:25 +0000

Now our whole task's to hack
some angel-shape worth wearing
from his crabbed midden where all's wrought so awry.
from "Firesong," Sylvia Plath

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 17:55:24 +0000

Stuck in my mind when I read it ... mental picture of Scotsman creating huge pile of garbage in the back yard!

Comment by SonofGroucho, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 16:43:54 +0000

Thank you, bilby. My wife has read a lot of Alasdair Gray, including 'Lanark'.

Comment by bilby, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 11:31:17 +0000

This is set in Glasgow:

"Thaw lit the fire, folded back the carpet, swept the floor, carried boxes of rubbish down to the midden, shook mats out of the window and washed the panes." - 'Lanark', Alasdair Gray.

Comment by SonofGroucho, 10 months ago

Sun, 02 Dec 2007 09:57:55 +0000

Some Scots use midden as a synonym for a rubbish bin.

another way to say [midden] is:

Thu, 28 Jun 2007 22:49:33 +0000

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