Search Results for: Machine tool working stone
archaeologists using stratigraphy to create timelines and so date the midden and potentially the larger archaeological site. [ ] midden deposits can contain a variety of archaeological material, including animal bone , feces, shell, botanical material, vermin, sherds (fragments of pottery ), lithics (stone
works and the chips or flakes of stone produced from carving, known as debitage), and other artifacts and ecofacts (natural objects not touched by humans, such as seeds , but carrying archaeological significance) associated with past human occupation. these features, therefore, provide a useful resource...
https://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Midden