Mycenaeans

Horus

An Egyptian god in the form of a falcon, recognized in Hierakonpolis and Edfu as contemporary with and opponent of Seth. The falcon's eyes stood for the sun and the moon. He later was considered the son of Isis and Osiris, with the reigning pharaoh being his incarnation. Horus is one of the oldes...

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Horus

Madagascar

An island in the Indian Ocean off the east coast of Africa which was one of the last major tropical land masses to be settled by man. There is no evidence for human presence prior to the 1st millennium AD. It is generally accepted that the island's first settlers came from Indonesia, perhaps from...

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Madagascar

Ethnicity

The national, cultural, religious, linguistic, or other attributes that are perceived as characteristic of distinct groups. The term also refers to the existence of ethnic groups, including tribal groups.

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Ethnicity

Paleodiet

The diet of past humans - what people actually ate rather than what was available to be eaten.

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Paleodiet

Agateware

Any pottery that is veined and mottled to resemble agate

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Agateware

Luristan Bronze

Any of the horse trappings, utensils, weapons, jewelry, belt buckles, and ritual and votive objects of bronze probably dating from roughly 2600-600 BC that have been excavated in the Harsin, Khorramabad, and Alishtar valleys of the Zagros Mountains in the Lorestan region of western Iran, especial...

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Luristan Bronze

Eilsleben

A settlement site of the Linear Pottery culture in eastern Germany. The fortified area was surrounded by a rampart and ditch system.

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Eilsleben

Bog Iron

A workable, porous type of brown hematite (impure hydrous oxides) found in bogs (and also in marshes, swamps, peat mosses, and shallow lake beds). This deposit is formed when iron-bearing surface waters come into contact with organic material and iron oxides are precipitated through oxidation of ...

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Bog Iron

Kayenta

A regional variation of the Anasazi people, located in northeast Arizona, especially in the Pueblo II stage of c 1250-1300 AD. Kayenta has specific pottery types and architectural techniques. As seen at the Navajo National Monument, the principal dwellings of the Kayenta, the construction of the ...

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Kayenta

Sabz, Tepe

Tell site in Khuzestan in southwest Iran which has given its name to a cultural phase succeeding the Muhammad Jafar phase, c 5500-5250 BC. It is characterized by the appearance of painted pottery, buff-colored with geometric designs executed in black paint. Evidence suggests that irrigation agric...

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Sabz, Tepe

Abu Hureyra, Tell

A small tell on the Euphrates River, 120 km east of Aleppo in Syria. The site was excavated in 1972-73 prior to flooding by the Tabqua/Tabqa Dam. Two major phases of occupation were found: Mesolithic or Epi-Palaeolithic (early 9th millennium BC) to a Pre-Pottery Neolithic B Culture in the 6th mil...

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Abu Hureyra, Tell

Philyra

Strips of papyrus used for making a sheet of writing paper; 10-12 strips of papyrus were first glued together lengthwise and then a sufficient number of strips were fastened crosswise underneath to double the thickness of the surface.

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Philyra