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- Title
A TYPOLOGY OF MIDDEN CIRCLES AND MESCAL PITS.
- Authors
GREER, JOHN W.
- Abstract
The article presents information on the archaeological sites known as midden circles or mescal pits. The author notes that the material and debris most commonly found in and around these pits are dark ash, rock, snail and mussel shells, bone fragments, chipped stone artifacts, grinding and pounding tools and pottery. The author discusses other characteristics of these sites including their location, shape and geographic distribution in the United States. The author notes that some have been observed to have existed solely on the surface of the ground while others have been dug out. The author also discusses what can be learned about Indians of North America and Indian cookery from examining these sites.
- Subjects
SOUTHWESTERN United States; NORTH America; KITCHEN-middens; ZOOARCHAEOLOGY; NATIVE American antiquities; SOUTHWEST Indians (North American peoples) -- Antiquities; HISTORICAL archaeology
- Publication
Southwestern Lore, 1965, Vol 31, Issue 3, p41
- ISSN
0038-4844
- Publication type
Article