The cell stank like a midden and the straw underfoot had lain so long it was a black, oozy mess.
The shell middens are prehistoric trash dumps, where the Karankawa tossed oyster and clam shells, broken pottery, bones of their meals and other refuse.
So many red deer bones have been found at refuse middens dating from this period it would appear that venison was the prime meat source for about 50,000 years in southern Europe.
He rocked the administration two years ago, by revealing it as a steaming midden of lies and duplicity.
Put another way, primary deposits such as floors and uncontaminated rubbish middens are comparatively rare.
This contrasts with the absence of marl and charcoal, as well as the non-oily texture, in the midden above the flagstones.
The midden below the pavement was very moist and oily, with a tremendous quantity of small charcoal fragments and marl inclusions.
These will normally be separated from one another by streets, alleys and midden areas, and additional midden areas may be located within the neighbourhood clusters.
