The protection of artifacts and archaeological sites through activities that minimize deterioration and damage and that prevent loss of context and content.
A hilly region of Attica, Greece, which was important for silver mines from the Bronze Age in the 1st millennium BC. The region developed into a principal mining area, especially from about 483 BC until the end of the 5th century BC. The mines may have been worked as early as 1000 BC, but in 483 ...
A now-abandoned section of the trading center of Jenne in Mali, established by about the 3rd century BC. By late in the 1st millennium AD, Jenne-jeno had grown into a major urban center and it was important in trade for another 1000 years. Metal was one of the main commodities involved. The city ...
A term used to refer to the Acheulian industry people, who are believed to have developed into the Neanderthals.
Birth name (nomen) held by two 6th Dynasty rulers: Pepy I Meryra (c 2321-2287 BC), the third king of the 6th Dynasty, and Pepy II Neferkare (c 2278-2184 BC), the fifth king. Pepi II was a son of Pepi I and was born late in his father's reign.
The sharp ridge or edge formed by the junction of two smooth surfaces, especially on the midrib of a dagger or sword, or in moldings.
Indicating an early developmental stage of the main root word, e.g. prototype, proto-Villanovan, protohistoric, etc. It means "beginning" or "giving rise to.
Decorated with leaves or a leaf-like pattern
British archaeologist who worked at Mycenae, where he found the cult center, ant at Ayios Stefanos. He wrote "The Mycenaeans" (rev. ed. 1983).
A cave site in Baden, southern Germany, with Upper Palaeolithic occupation and rich Magdalenian occupation with jet artifacts, harpoon heads, burins, awls, backed bladelets, and decorated batons-de-commandement.
Site in the foothills of the Anti-Taurus Mountains, southern Turkey, of Samal, one of the Late Hittite city-states that perpetuated a Semitized southern Anatolian culture for centuries after the downfall of the Hittite empire (c 1190 BC). It was annexed by the Assyrians in the 7th century BC and ...
The modern capital of China. More than 2,000 years ago, a site just outside present-day Peking was already an important military and trading center for the northeastern frontier of China. The Shang civilization reached this area in the early part of their dynasty and a grave of c 14th century BC ...
A soft leather slipper or shoe, having the sole turned up and sewn to the upper in a gathered seam, originally worn by North American Indians
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