Fiorelli, Giuseppe

Luka Vrublevetskaya

Eneolithic settlement of the Cucuteni-Tripolye culture in the Ukraine. Pit dwellings include hearths and female figurines.

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Luka Vrublevetskaya

Torre

The name for circular dry-stone towerlike structures built in Corsica (mainly in the south) during the Middle and Late Bronze Ages. They are typically of Cyclopean masonry and measure 10-15 meters in diameter and 3-7 meters in height; normally a narrow entrance opens into a central corbelled cham...

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Hagia Sophia

In Constantinople (now Istanbul), a splendid cathedral built under the direction of the Byzantine emperor Justinian I. It is a unique building and one of the world's great monuments. The domed basilica, was built in an amazing six years, completed in 537 AD. The architects were Anthemius of Trall...

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Wichqana

Type site of a complex of the Ayacucho Valley, central highlands Peru, c 1200-800 BC (Early Horizon), a ceremonial center with Chavinoid features. The pottery, typically thin, brown, and pebble-polished with little or no decoration, has Paracas and Chavín affinities. The U-shaped ceremonial struc...

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Wichqana

Granulation

A technique used in the decoration of jewelry by soldering it with grains of gold, electrum, or silver. Tiny spherical drops of metal were soldered on to a background, forming the required pattern and giving it a granular texture. The drops may have been made by heating a gold wire until a drop f...

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Ziwiyeh

Tell site in Kurdistan, northwest Iran with a hoard of gold, silver, and ivory in a coffin of the 7th century BC. It illustrates the workmanship of the local Mannai, strongly influenced by Assyria, Urartu, and the Scythians. The collection is thought by some to have been the property of a Scythia...

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Wharram Percy

Deserted medieval village in the valley of Yorkshire Wolds, England, documenting a peasant community between the Early Saxon period and the 16th century. There are rows of rectangular wattle-and-daub houses, two manor houses, and a 12th century AD church. The village was abandoned by the 14th-15t...

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Wharram Percy

Patrilocal

Pertaining to a married couple living with or near the husband's family.

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Patrilocal

Hatchway

A constructed opening in a roof or ceiling that is large enough to allow the passage of an adult and also served as part of a structure's ventilation system.

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Hatchway

Core Borer

A hollow tubelike instrument used to collect samples of soils, pollens, and other materials from below the surface. The cylinder of soil etc. that is collected is called the core. The core is undisturbed and the sediment contacts, soil boundaries, and structures are intact and can be described ac...

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Ranked Society

A society in which all statuses are not equal, but rather there exists a hierarchical structure. There is unequal access to the higher-status categories, and thus many people who are qualified for high-status positions are unable to achieve them. In these societies, individuals are ranked vis-a-v...

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Tongue Chape

Metal fitting of elongated form and roughly triangular outline manufactured in the Wilburton Tradition. The chape fitted on the end of a scabbard to prevent the tip of the sword cutting through the leather.

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