Define Shell mound. Shell mound synonyms, Shell mound pronunciation, Shell mound translation, English dictionary definition of Shell mound. a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish. See Midden, and Kitchen ...

Define shell mounds. shell mounds synonyms, shell mounds pronunciation, shell mounds translation, English dictionary definition of shell mounds. a mound of refuse shells, collected by aborigines who subsisted largely on shellfish.

noun. another term for shell heap. ‘‘The shell mound is especially vulnerable to damage from typhoons,’ he said.’. More example sentences. ‘They reported 62 species of vascular plants on a shell mound at Cedar Island, Mississippi.’. ‘Archaic shell mounds and midden mounds are then the scene where the rest of the story unfolds ...

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2018/8/11 · Definition from Wiktionary, the free dictionary Jump to navigation Jump to search English [] Alternative forms [] shell mound Noun [] shellmound (plural shellmounds) (archaeology) A prehistoric midden containing shells of edible mollusks and other detritis " : ...

2020/9/17 · Shell Mound is the largest prehistoric shell midden on the central Gulf Coast, covering five acres and rising 28 feet above sea level. Near the water, people lived and ate from the Gulf for 6,000 years dating back to 2,500 B.C.

2019/5/30 · One type of site that some archaeologists love to investigate is the shell midden or kitchen midden. A shell midden is a heap of clam, oyster, whelk, or mussel shells, obviously, but unlike other types of sites, it is the result of a clearly recognizable single-activity event. Other kinds of sites, such as campsites, villages, farmsteads, and ...

2017/2/2 · “This sacred site represents our living culture and more than 5,000 years of our history. We will not allow our ancestors to be disturbed.” —Joint statement from Ohlone family bands Beneath the pavement in West Berkeley dwells a cultural and historical touchstone of singular significance: the first human settlement on the shore of San Francisco Bay, established 5,000 …

City of Berkeley Forced to Issue SB-35 Zoning Permit for 1900 4th St. Statement from Corrina Gould "It is a sad day when a permit is issued to allow construction that would desecrate the 5,000-year-old Ohlone village and burial site known as the West Berkeley Shellmound. We have been working to preserve this...