I say "historic artifact concentration."
1. Ever heard a prehistorian call a lithic site "trash"?
2. It's hard to keep a straight face while telling someone that digging up
"trash" is a good use of their money.
3. I don't like the term "scatter." It conjures up the image of a barefoot
maiden broadcasting rose petals from a woven basket tra-la.
Adrian Praetzellis
On Tue, May 11, 2010 at 10:25 AM, Chuck Carrig <[log in to unmask]>wrote:
> Is there a consensus on the proper terminology for the discussion of
> historic refuse concentrations?
>
> I've always used the terminology historic midden as opposed to historic
> trash dump.
>
> Chuck Carrig - RPA
> Archaeologist
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