Gua Lawa

Heddle Loom

A specialized loom that lifts some of the warp (lengthwise) threads so that the weft (crosswise) threads can be passed through the warp easily and quickly. The heddles are short lengths of wire or flat steel strips used to deflect the warp to either side of the main sheet of fabric. Originally he...

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Heddle Loom

Cross-Hatching

Ornamentation formed by a criss-cross of diagonal lines, described as acute-angled if the angle to the horizontal is more than 45 degrees and obtuse-angled if less than this

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Cross-Hatching

Periodization

The process by which the stratigraphical material from a site is arranged into periods and phases based upon stratigraphic, structural, and artifactual data.

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Periodization

Adaptive Strategy

Research into the effects of demography, ecology, economics, and technology on human behavior.

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Adaptive Strategy

Phigalian Marbles

Friezes kept in the British Museum, from the Temple of Apollo Epicurius, at Bassae near ancient Phigalia in Arcadia. There are 23 slabs in high relief, 11 representing the battle between the Centaurs and the Lapithae, and the rest the contest of the Greeks and Amazons. It is attributed to the sam...

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Phigalian Marbles

Malachite

A minor ore but a widespread mineral of copper; basic copper carbonate, green in color. It was first employed as a cosmetic and ointment for the eyes, to cut down the glare of the sun and discourage flies. The discovery that metal could be obtained from it was probably accidental and then it was ...

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Malachite

Narce

A settlement site on the Treia gorge near Calcata in Lazio, Italy, surrounded by an extensive necropolis, and probably inhabited from the 12th century BC. Occupation was mainly by Faliscans, an Indo-European Italic group, and it is therefore associated with their centers at Falerii and Capena. Th...

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Narce

Labastide

Magdalenian cave in Hautes-Pyrénées, France, with many engraved figures and a large polychrome horse painting. There are hearths and engraved stones in the cave, which is dated to 12,310 BC.

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Labastide

Leilira

Large pointed or rectangular blade which may be retouched to form a point or scraper-like tool. It could be hafted as a spearhead or fighting pick or used as a knife. It is associated with the Australian Small Tool Tradition in northern Australia.

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Leilira

Longphort

A term used in 9th-century Ireland for the first winter base camps of the Vikings, forts along the shore for the protection of their ships.

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Longphort

Chipped Stone Tool

Any tool produced by flaking or chipping of pieces from a stone core to produce an implement.

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Chipped Stone Tool

Noin Ula

A range of hills in northern Mongolia near Lake Baikal where a rich burial site, possibly of the Xiongnu nobility of the 1st century AD, has been excavated. To the north of Ulaanbaatar on the Selenge River, Noin Ula had horse burials and the furnishings of one tomb were especially lavish. The pri...

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Noin Ula