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Shell Midden on Isla Cerralvo (a.k.a. Isla Jacques Cousteau)

A midden is an archaeological feature created by the dumping of human refuse. Here, thousands of mollusk shells were discarded by Native Americans on Isla Cerralvo in Baja California, creating a mound that still exists today. Help support our feature film project The Devil's Road: igg.me/at/thedevilsroad/x/14521455

A midden is an archaeological feature created by the dumping of human refuse.

Here, thousands of mollusk shells were discarded by Native Americans on Isla Cerralvo in Baja California, creating a mound that still exists today.