Maybe this would be the place to distinguish between "midden" and "anthropogenic soils."

Gwyn Alcock
Riverside, CA

Ron May <[log in to unmask]> wrote: Another example of an artifact-devoid midden is the ashy soil surrounding  
agave roasting pits out in the California deserts. People walking over the same  
area year after year, building fires, lining pits with rocks, raking out 
coals,  and hauling away backed agave hearts can create quite a midden and it can 
be  completely devoid of flaked stone, pottery, or even ground stone.
 
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.



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