Shell mound

	a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See Midden, and Kitchen middens.
	See under Mound.- Fuller.

shell mound

shell mound,

in archaeology, a mound consisting largely of the shells of edible mollusks. It is a kind of kitchen middenkitchen midden,
refuse heap left by a prehistoric settlement; more specifically, a deposit consisting primarily of discarded shell and related cultural material in coastal environments.
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