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Triple Vase

Vessel comprising three small jars, either attached to the top of a tubular ring-base which is often hollow, or joined together at the body. Such vessels have also been described as flower vases. Roman in date

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Triple Vase

Paint

A material applied to the surface of another material in a layer, to color it. It is usually a pigment containing a coloring agent and sometimes organic substances to make it easier to brush and ensure that it adheres.

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Paint

Joint

In masony, the spaces between stones.

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Joint

Kassala

A cultural phase of eastern Sudan including the Butana, Gash, and Mokram groups.

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Kassala

Annuli

Annual growth rings or increments in mollusk shell, fish vertebrae, tooth cementum, or wood.

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Annuli

Pre-Dynastic Period

The period before recorded history in Egypt and before it became a unified state in c 3100 BC. The term predynastic denotes the period of emerging cultures that preceded the establishment of the 1st dynasty in Egypt. In the late 5th millennium BC there began to emerge patterns of civilization tha...

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Pre-Dynastic Period

Glottochronology

The science of the comparative study of the vocabularies of languages for measuring linguistic change through absolute time. By studying the rate of change, the length of time (time depth) during which two related languages developed independently may be calculated. Glottochronology relies on sta...

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Glottochronology

Levant

Historically, the countries bordering the eastern Mediterranean shores. The term is also associated with Venetian and other trading ventures as at Tyre and Sidon as a result of the Crusades. It was applied to the coastlands of Asia Minor and Syria, sometimes extending from Greece to Egypt. It was...

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Levant

Sanukite

Type of andesite produced by now-extinct volcanoes in the Inland Sea area of Japan. It was used extensively during the Palaeolithic and Postglacial (Jomon, Yayoi) for stone tools.

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Sanukite

Songhay

West African empire of the 15th-16th centuries which controlled the great bend of the Niger River in Mali. Songhay was wealthy from Saharan caravan trade.

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Songhay

Hippo Sandal

Iron shoes worn by draft animals during Roman times for temporary protection of their hooves or to aid grip in wet conditions.

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Hippo Sandal

Gua Lawa

A limestone rock shelter near Sampung in eastern Java whose sequence may show a transition from a pre-ceramic assemblage of small hollow-based stone arrowheads to a Neolithic assemblage with cord-marked pottery and many bone and antler tools.

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Gua Lawa