Abri Pataud

Rock shelter in the village of Les Eyzies in southwest France, hardly known until the major programme of excavation from 1956-64 under Professor H.L. Movius. This revealed 14 main culture layers with radiocarbon ages from <32,500 be at the bottom to cl9,000 be at the top, which now form the basis...

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Abri

See rock shelter.

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Abkan

Stone industry of southern Nubia, believed to have been the work of indigenous peoples who maintained trade contact with more southerly regions of the Nile Valley during the 4th millennium be. These folk were probably ancestral to the Nubian A Group.

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Abejas

Abbey

A place where monks or nuns live, work and worship. The concept of monasticism originated in the Near East during the second half of the 4th century, spread to Byzantium, Greece, Italy and France, and seems to have developed independently in the sub-Roman Celtic regions of Britain. The Middle Age...

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Abbeville

One of the key localities where it was first shown that man was of great antiquity. From 1836 onwards Boucher de Perthes found stone tools in the gravel pits here, and a succession of scholars, especially from England, recognized the significance of these discoveries around 1859. Subsequently, th...

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Abbeville

Aachen

[Aix la Chapelle]. One of the finest groups of Carolingian buildings is the palace complex at Aachen, in particular the chapel built by Odo of Metz for the Emperor Charlemagne between 792 and 805. The chapel stood on one side of a large courtyard opposite the main palace buildings, and was entere...

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Aardenburg

See Flemish Blackwares.

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Aardenburg

Aachen

[Aix la Chapelle]. One of the finest groups of Carolingian buildings is the palace complex at Aachen, in particular the chapel built by Odo of Metz for the Emperor Charlemagne between 792 and 805. The chapel stood on one side of a large courtyard opposite the main palace buildings, and was entere...

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Adramytteion

Adramyttion (modern Edremit) was a flourishing city in MYSIA, opposite LESBOS, overlooking the gulf to which it gave its name. Said to have been founded by Adramys, brother of CROESUS (Aristotle ap. Steph. Byz.s.v. Adramyteion) and reported to have beenthe seat of Croesus before his accession (Ni...

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Adramytteion

Lorica Segmentata

Lateinische Bezeichnung für eine Art Körperschutz, der von römischen Legionären getragen wird und aus einem Kürass aus zusammenklappbaren Eisenstreifen besteht.

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Lorica Segmentata

Latince, Roma lejyonerleri tarafından giyilen, birbirine menteşelenmiş demir şeritlerden yapılmış bir keseden oluşan bir tür vücut zırhı için kullanılan terim.

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Propylon

Propylon, propylaea veya propylaia (Grekçe: Προπύλαια) Antik Yunan mimarisinde anıtsal bir geçittir.

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Propylon

A propylaea, propylea or propylaia (Greek: προπύλαια) is a monumental gateway.

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Propylon

Kerameikós

İ.Ö. 5. yüzyıldan kalma çok sayıda Spartalı gömüsü dahil, Atina'nın en prestijli mezarlık ve seramik atölyesi bölgesidir. Birçok mezar kabartma bezemeli steller ile işaretlenmiştir. Karadeniz'deki Heraklea'dan gelen bazı Messenians ve Sinope göçmenleri için bir bölge vardı.

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Tang

Bir alet veya silahın tabanından, onu bir sapa veya şafta sabitlemek için kullanılabilecek dar çıkıntı veya tırnak.

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Expedient Tool

Οποιοδήποτε εργαλείο σχηματίζεται γρήγορα και για άμεση χρήση, συχνά κατασκευασμένο με νιφάδα.

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Expedient Tool

Tout outil formé rapidement et pour une utilisation immédiate, souvent fabriqué avec un flocon.

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Expedient Tool

Jedes Werkzeug formte sich schnell und für den sofortigen Gebrauch, oft mit einer Flocke.

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Expedient Tool

Çoğunlukla pul ile yapılan, hızlı ve hemen kullanım için oluşturulan herhangi bir alet.

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Philia

Πληκτρολογήστε ιστότοπο για τον πολιτισμό Χαλκολιθικής III στη βόρεια Κύπρο, στα μέσα της 3ης χιλιετίας π.Χ. Χαρακτηρίζεται από κόκκινη γυαλισμένη κεραμική....

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