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In a message dated 3/22/2007 2:54:34 A.M. Pacific Standard Time,
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This excludes other types of things that do not meet all the criteria or
cannot demonstrate intent such as single episode dumps, incidental or
natural accumulations they term 'undirected refuse aggregations' or
'refuse-rich contexts'.
With reference to historical archaeology contexts, I am not sure you can
exclude these categories of deposits from the definition of midden. I am
thinking of shore whaling historic contexts in which a group of men of various
ethnic backgrounds descend upon a plot of ground near the ocean, build a quick
oven, and boil down blubber into oil to be sealed in casks and then whisked away
for the next location. In a brief and single episode, the sand/soil can
accumulate all manner of organic debris and ash to look for all the world like a
prehistoric midden. What is more, there is reason to believe some of the 8,000
year old shell middens around here and in Baja California, Mexico were
created in a single episode by large groups of people.
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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