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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"
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
Stuck in my mind when I read it ... mental picture of Scotsman creating huge pile of garbage in the back yard!
Thank you, bilby. My wife has read a lot of Alasdair Gray, including 'Lanark'.
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.
Some Scots use midden as a synonym for a rubbish bin.
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