A midden, also known as a kitchen midden, or a shell heap,'s a dump for domestic waste. The word's of Scandinavian via Middle English derivation, but's used by archaeologists worldwide to describe any kind of feature containing waste products relating to day-to-day human life. They may be convenient, single-use pits created by nomadic groups or long-term, designated dumps used by sedentary communities that accumulate over several generations. In the latter case, a midden's stratigraphy can becom… (More on Middens)