{"id":15994,"date":"2018-07-11T09:44:08","date_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:44:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/?p=15994"},"modified":"2018-07-11T09:44:08","modified_gmt":"2018-07-11T13:44:08","slug":"minding-maines-middens","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/2018\/07\/11\/minding-maines-middens\/","title":{"rendered":"Minding 海角社区&#8217;s Middens"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>By definition, a midden is a \u201crefuse heap,\u201d but in the case of a new Mitchell Center project, the heap is cultural gold and a window into Earth\u2019s past.<\/p>\n<p>Titled \u201cCreating a 海角社区 Midden Minder Network and Database,\u201d the project is being led by <a href=\"https:\/\/climatechange.umaine.edu\/people\/profile\/alice_kelley\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Alice Kelley<\/a>, U海角社区 geoarchaeologist in the <a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/earthclimate\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">School of Earth and Climate Sciences<\/a> (SECS) and associate research professor at the <a href=\"http:\/\/climatechange.umaine.edu\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Climate Change Institute<\/a> (CCI).<\/p>\n<p>The project is focused on developing a protocol for use by volunteer citizen scientists in conservation organizations to monitor the erosion of 海角社区 shell middens\u2014human-created accumulations of mollusk shells, fish, mammal, and bird skeletons and artifacts such as bone and stone tools\u2014that archive 4,000-plus years of cultural and environmental data.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/umaine.edu\/mitchellcenter\/news\/newsletters\/minding-maines-middens\/\">Read more<\/a>&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By definition, a midden is a \u201crefuse heap,\u201d but in the case of a new Mitchell Center project, the heap is cultural gold and a window into Earth\u2019s past. 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