Persian Gulf Trade

Onomasticon

A Greek thesaurus of terms, a type of ancient text consisting of lists of various categories of names, from plants and animals to cities or professions. The onomastica were presumably intended to serve both as repositories of knowledge and as training exercises for scribes.

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Form Attribute

Attribute based on the physical characteristics of an artifact, including overall shape, shape of parts, and measurable dimensions - leading to form classification

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Form Attribute

Netting Needle

A needle for making and mending nets, often forked at both ends, and with a hollow centre in which the thread or twine being used can be conveniently wound.

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Netting Needle

Habiline

An early member of the genus Homo, including Homo habilis, known from fossils in Africa dating from 2 million to about 1.5 million years ago. There is much disagreement concerning the evolutionary place of this species, but H. habilis is generally accepted as the earliest member of the genus Homo...

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Habiline

Point Provenience

The location (provenience) of a specific object at an exact point on a site.

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Point Provenience

Facies

Any subgroup of elements within an industry or main culture tradition that is distinguished from the whole on the basis of some aspect of appearance or composition. A major division of a cultural sequence, such as the Mousterian culture of the European Palaeolithic, is often described as having d...

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Facies

Half-Life

The time taken for half of a given amount of a radioactive substance to decay into a non-radioactive substance. It is also defined as the time taken for half the quantity of a radioactive isotope in a sample to decay and form a stable element. It is the basis of radiocarbon and other radiometric ...

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Dice

A small cube with faces bearing from one to six spots, used in games of chance

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Dice

Oscillum

In Roman architecture, an ornament of marble suspended from the architrave of a peristyle in a house. Some are circular with reliefs cut on both faces; others are theatrical masks.

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Oscillum

Medial Axis

The middle of an imaginary line about which a body rotates or with respect to which it possesses rotational symmetry

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Medial Axis

Laussel

A rock shelter near Les Eyzies in Dordogne, southwest France with a long sequence of Mousterian and Upper Palaeolithic levels. The site is best known for its bas-relief carvings, especially the female figure holding a horn or 'cornucopia'.

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Laussel

Colt Hoare, Sir Richard

British antiquary who established the techniques of archaeological excavation in Britain. He excavated a large number of barrows (mostly on Salisbury Plain), classified and published his findings. He also recorded many other monuments of the area. However, at the time there was no means of dating...

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Colt Hoare, Sir Richard