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ID: 300410283
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300410283

 

Record Type: concept
shell middens (middens (dumps), dumps (refuse areas), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Term used to describe archaeological deposits consisting of the refuse from food preparation, particularly the shells of marine animals discarded after the removal of the edible portion. Shell middens are found throughout the world in many different cultures.
 
Terms:
shell middens (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,PN)
shell midden (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
middens, shell (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
mounds, shell (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
shell mounds (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
shell-heap (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
shell-middens (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
shell-mounds (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
kitchen middens (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
kitchen-middens (C,U,LC,English,UF,U,N)
middens, kitchen (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
schelpenhopen (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)
schelpenhoop (C,U,Dutch,AD,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RM

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name )
........ Open Spaces and Site Elements (hierarchy name ) (G)
Hierarchy of open spaces
............ open spaces (G)
Hierarchy of <open spaces by function>
................ <open spaces by function> (G)
Hierarchy of dumps (refuse areas)
.................... dumps (refuse areas) (G)
Hierarchy of middens (dumps)
........................ middens (dumps) (G)
Hierarchy of shell middens
............................ shell middens (G)

Additional Notes:
Dutch ..... Archeologische afzettingen die bestaan uit afval van voedselbereiding, in het bijzonder de schelpen van zeedieren die zijn weggegooid nadat het eetbare deel eruit is gehaald. Schelpenhopen worden overal ter wereld bij allerlei culturen aangetroffen.  

Sources and Contributors:
kitchen middens............  [VP]
.............................  Cambridge Encyclopedia of Archaeology (1980) 17
.............................  Ehrich, ed. , Chronologies, 2d ed. reprint (1971) IND
.............................  Random House Unabridged Dictionary (1993)
.............................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (1999) 337
.............................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
.............................  Winick, Dictionary of Anthropology (1956)
kitchen-middens............  [VP]
.............................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.............................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
middens, kitchen............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
middens, shell............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
mounds, shell............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
schelpenhoop............  [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
schelpenhopen............  [RKD, AAT-Ned Preferred]
..........................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
shell-heap............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
shell midden............  [VP]
.......................  Darvill, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2008)
shell middens............  [VP Preferred]
..........................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
..........................  Darvill, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2008)
..........................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
..........................  Shaw and Jameson, Dictionary of Archaeology (1999) 337
..........................  Thesaurus of Monument Types (1995)
..........................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
shell-middens............  [VP]
..........................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
shell mounds............  [VP]
.......................  CDMARC Subjects: LCSH (1988-)
.......................  Webster's Third New International Dictionary (1961)
shell-mounds............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary (1989)
 
Subject: .....  [AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, GCI, RKD, AAT-Ned, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 126203 checked 26 January 2012
............  Nooyen, Het volk van de Grote Manaure (1979) 19
............  UvA Talen
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... Darvill, Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (2008)
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
Dutch .......... [RKD, AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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