This layer is a deposit of shell midden. Middens are essentially archaeological waste heaps. Middens also provide a wealth of information concerning climate and diet. Shell middens also decrease the ...

However, the digging of six large house foundation holes in 2019 revealed a deep, intact shell midden site outside the recorded site boundaries. It was here that in 2019 we conducted a community ...

A shell midden represents a place where people lived ... buried so quickly that they still have color on their surfaces. Archaeological sites of this depth and age are uncommon anywhere around ...