The Scraps Midden

midden Any heap of rubbish or occupation debris adjacent to a dwelling or other site. See also shell midden.

shell midden An extensive rubbish heap consisting largely of shells discarded after the removal of the soft edible body portion, the result of many years of exploitation of marine resources a main or supplementary food source. Shell middens are found in many different parts of the world from many different cultures.

-from The Oxford Concise Dictionary of Archaeology