Midden Circles versus Mescal Pits
Bibliographic Data
| ID | 2564429 |
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| Authors | John W Greer (The University of Texas at Austin, corresponding author) |
| Year | 1967 |
| Volume | 32 |
| Issue | 1 |
| Pages | 108-109 |
| Publication date | 1967-01-01 |
| Open Access | Yes |
| Type | ARTICLE |
| Venue | American Antiquity (JOURNAL) |
| Journal identifiers | ISSN: 0002-7316 • E-ISSN: 2325-5064 |
| Publisher | Cambridge University Press (CUP) (PUBLISHER) |
| DOI | 10.2307/278786 |
| OpenAlex | W2048018157 |
| Language | CA |
An important distinction is here made between two types of Southwestern sites, each of which appears on the surface as a doughnut-shaped midden of burned rock with a depressed ashy center. 'Midden circles' are debris thrown back from a central hearth lying on the ground surface. 'Mescal pits' have central pits dug below the natural ground surface and are the remains of earth ovens
Archaeology · Debris · Geography · Hearth · Midden · Natural (archaeology) · Archaeology and ancient environmental studies · Geology · Oceanography · Pleistocene-Era Hominins and Archaeology
| Highly cited | No |
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