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REFERENCES
http://www.cnn.com/2011/10/04/world/europe/archaeology-ancient-trash
Tuscon professor
http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,913924,00.html
http://humanitieslab.stanford.edu/23/174
Rubbish!: The Archaeology of Garbage. Rathje and Murphy
http://books.google.com/books/about/Rubbish.html?id=1i_B1c573OQC
Olive Oil in Rome
http://ceipac.gh.ub.es/MOSTRA/u_expo.htm
Middens
http://www.sciencelearn.org.nz/Science-Stories/Resource-Management/Middens
Washington’s Midden
http://popular-archaeology.com/issue/june-2011/article/one-man-s-trash-george-washington-s-priceless-refuse
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