Gardiner Pond Shell Midden
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The Gardiner Pond Shell Midden (also known as RI-101W) is an historic midden
site in Middletown, Rhode Island
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The Gardiner Pond Shell Midden contains various prehistoric shell fossils and other archaeological remains. The midden was added to the National Register of Historic Places
in 1985 as #85000718.
Midden
A midden, is an old dump for domestic waste which may consist of animal bone, human excrement, botanical material, vermin, shells, sherds, lithics , and other artifacts and ecofacts associated with past human occupation...
site in Middletown, Rhode Island
Middletown, Rhode Island
Middletown is a town in Newport County, Rhode Island, United States. The population was 16,150 at the 2010 census. It lies to the south of Portsmouth and to the north of Newport on Aquidneck Island, hence the name "Middletown."-Geography:...
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The Gardiner Pond Shell Midden contains various prehistoric shell fossils and other archaeological remains. The midden was added to the National Register of Historic Places
National Register of Historic Places
The National Register of Historic Places is the United States government's official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects deemed worthy of preservation...
in 1985 as #85000718.