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I too am intrigued by the various definitions of the word "midden" among our
practitioners. Clearly, there are many schools of thought and teaching on
the matter. I find myself learning more all the time, as only the day before
yesterday I would have considered a layer of broken things and paper to be a
trash layer, and not a midden. Today, I have learned that others define "being
knee-deep in paper trash" as midden (a condition I often find myself when
composing reports). Silly me, before today, I considered decomposed organics and
soil to be an essential ingredient into the midden "stew" (midden, being in
a state or process of decay). Now I find that certain kinds of features are
excluded from being labeled a midden; privies, for example. I wonder if
"night soil" is prerequisite for distinguishing middens from privies?
I look forward to the next installment of "Mysteries of the Midden."
Ron May
Legacy 106, Inc.
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