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Cogwheel

A wheel with a series of teeth on its outside which interlock with similar teeth on another cogwheel to receive or give motion.

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Sand

A term describing the size of sediment or soil particles, 0.06-2 mm in diameter (BS 1377). The term has no implications of color, organic content, or any property other than particle size or texture.

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Sand

Nara Period

A period in Japanese history, 710-794 AD, named after the new capital of Nara (or Heijo as it was then known), to which the court moved from Fujiwara. The capital was established there to secure greater centralized power. The palace buildings - the dairi (the Imperial living quarters), buildings ...

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Nara Period

Uhle, Max

Peruvian archaeologist, one of the greatest in South American archaeology. He was one of the first to use artifact style and stratigraphic associations to produce a chronological sequence. Uhle was the first to apply the principles of stratigraphy and seriation to central Andean material, and he ...

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Gallo-Belgic

A ceramic tradition in France and Belgium about 3000 years ago that diffused as far as Britain.

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Gallo-Belgic

Split Pin

A metal pin with two arms which is passed through a hole and held in place by the springing apart of the arms.

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Split Pin

Magnetometer

A geophysical instrument that measures the intensity and sometimes direction of the Earth's magnetic field. It is used in electromagnetic surveying to identify changes in the field within soil or sediment that might be caused by subsurface features, hearths, kilns, or metal artifacts. When a curr...

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Magnetometer

Descriptive Statistic

A numerical summary of data or estimate of a population parameter - such as sample means, medians, standard deviations, ranges.

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Descriptive Statistic

Hook And Eye

A small metal hook and loop used together as a fastener on a garment.

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Hook And Eye

Gorget

A flat artifact made of stone or another material and worn as an ornament over the chest. It may also have been a protective piece for the throat region. These ornamental collars were common in the prehistoric US Southeast and Midwest.

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Gorget

Ostionoid

One of three associated ceramic series in the Greater Antilles area. Seen as transitional to Chicoid and Meillacoid, the Ostionoid appears in c 650 AD in Puerto Rico, where it overlays Saladoid materials. Vessels are generally smooth, finished in red monochrome slip, often with plain tabular lugs...

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El Oficio

A settlement site of the Argaric Early Bronze Age in Almería, northeast Spain. The site was surrounded by a thick defensive wall and had rectangular stone houses. Several hundred burials were found, some under the floors of houses. Social class is very marked at El Oficio, where the richest women...

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El Oficio