The Indian midden was, initially, a trash heap. As early as 5,000 B.C., Indians were living around the St. Johns River. When they discovered enough food to allow them to remain in one place, they b… ...

Mustelid middens Shell middens are piles of discarded shells and other domestic waste, like stone flakes and animal bones, left behind by prehistoric people. They're a classic staple of archaeology.

Along with the old trash dump of tinker metalware, another highlight of the 1.5-mile Garvin Trail is a chunk of basalt known as “monument rock” located at the trail one takes to the midden pile.

Rhinos Use Poop Piles Like a Social Network. ... Middens provide many benefits to a group of animals, says Madlen Ziege, a Ph.D. student at the University of Frankfurt in Germany.

Fossilised piles of faeces, called middens, have revealed that a desert valley in Yemen was once a tropical oasis, which may have lasted in the dry region because of human land management practices.