Shell Mounds (Middens)
A shell midden or shell mound is an archaeological feature comprised mainly of mollusk shells.
Connected Sites
| Site | Rationale | Link |
| Australian Convict Sites | Old Government House - "shells from Aboriginal middens were used to strengthen household mortar" | |
| Banc d'Arguin | ||
| Chinchorro Culture | dense shell middens (AB ev) | |
| Everglades | "Shell mounds still exist today within the park, giving archaeologists and anthropologists evidence of the raw materials available to the indigenous people for tool construction" (Wiki) | |
| Fraser Island | ||
| Getbol, Korean Tidal Flats | "Shell mounds found in different locations along the coast provide evidence that fishing activities have taken place in the tidal flats for thousands of years. The tidal flats monitoring results show that traditional fishing activities have successfully maintained the tidal flat ecosystem in a balance that includes human processes." (Nomination text, p. 97) | |
| Ha Long Bay – Cat Ba Archipelago | Soi Nhu culture | |
| Island of Gorée | "On Gorée there are four distinct deposits found through excavation and testing. The first kinds of deposition are located on the northwestern and western part of the island, and were typically three metres of domestic debris and shell midden." | |
| Jomon Prehistoric Sites | key features, especially pit dwellings and shell middens (AB ev) | |
| Kakadu National Park | ||
| Namib Sand Sea | At Sandwich Harbour and Sylvia Hill (nom file) | |
| Neolithic Orkney | Skara Brae | |
| Rock Islands | Remnants of midden deposits (AB ev) | |
| Saloum Delta | "With its numerous shell mounds, associated landscapes and the presence of a rare and well-preserved ensemble of funerary tumulus mounds, the Saloum Delta provides exceptional testimony to a coastal lifestyle" (OUV) | |
| Tasmanian Wilderness | "illustrated through extensive and diverse Holocene shell middens" (Crit iv) |
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