Mossgiel

Uniform Distribution

A probability density function whereby all potential observations within a specified range have an equal probability of occurring.

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Uniform Distribution

Zinjanthropus

Name originally given to a robust Australopithecus found in Bed I at Olduvai Gorge in Tanzania by Louis Leakey, characterized by unusually massive jaws. Potassium-argon dating suggests that he lived about 1.75 million years ago. This fossil is now classified as Australopithecus boisei or Australo...

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Zinjanthropus

Population Estimation

The determination by archaeologists of the suspected population of an ancient culture. Estimates of the number of inhabitants of a settlement can be attempted on the basis of the number of houses, number of burials, or population density - but these estimates involve many assumptions.

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Population Estimation

Archaeological

Of, relating to, or concerning archaeology.

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Archaeological

Bow

An offensive weapon for shooting arrows or missiles and used in hunting and war. It generally consists of a strip of bendable wood or other material with a string stretched between its two ends. The arrow or missile is shot by the recoil after retraction of the string. The weapon was first used i...

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Bow

Yang Shao

The most important Neolithic culture of China, distributed along the middle course of the Yellow River in north-central China and dated to c 5000-2700 BC. Large open settlements of circular or rectangular houses slightly sunk into the ground cluster along the loess river terraces. It is distingui...

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Yang Shao

Megaloceros

An extinct giant elk of the Pleistocene ('giant deer'), whose best-known species M. giganteus was abundant in Ireland, Europe, and western Asia. It had the largest antlers of any deer known - some 13 feet (4 m) across. Its remains are sometimes found in Palaeolithic assemblages and there are rare...

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Megaloceros

Mesolithic

A time period in human history beginning with the retreat of glacial ice c 8500 BC and the changing climatic conditions following it; a development in northwestern Europe that lasted until about 2700 BC. This Middle Stone Age followed the Upper Paleolithic and preceded the Neolithic. It was a per...

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Mesolithic

Arroyo

A dry gully or steep-sided bed of a seasonal stream. The term is also used for a rivulet or stream.

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Arroyo

Terra Amata

Lower Palaeolithic site in Nice, France, with occupation from the Mindel glaciation c 380,000 BP through 11 total levels. The levels are ascribed to the Acheulian, but few tools or handaxes have been recovered.

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Terra Amata

Molluscan Analysis

The analysis of molluscan remains, of both marine and land species, as part of the examination of the environment of man. A mollusk/mollusc is any of a large phylum (Mollusca) of invertebrate animals (as snails, clams, or squids) with a soft unsegmented body usually enclosed in a calcareous shell...

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Molluscan Analysis

Palermo

Major city of Sicily, on the northwest coast of the island, which has been continuously occupied for two and a half millennia. The Phoenicians established a port of the site by the 8th century BC, and from the 5th century BC the city was controlled by Carthage. The Romans captured Palermo in 254 ...

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Palermo