General archaeology

General archaeology

Terms and definitions of archaeology -- the study of human society through the analysis of artifacts, architecture, biofacts and cultural landscapes.

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scapulimancy

Archaeology; General archaeology

A Chinese method of divination that uses features such as colorations and cracks in animal shoulder blades to predict future happenings or explore the advisability of carrying out a planned activity. ...

Sebilian

Archaeology; General archaeology

Palaeolithic industry found at sites in Upper Egypt that was originally identified by Edmund Vignard in the Kom Ombo plain, about 40 km north of Aswan. Vignard (1923) divided the Sebilian into three ...

Stonehenge

Archaeology; General archaeology

Neolithic and Bronze Age Henge monument and ceremonial complex on Salisbury Plain, Wiltshire, England. It is the centerpiece to a complex ritual landscape. This was particularly so during the early ...

trace elements

Archaeology; General archaeology

Elements present in mineral crystals in very low concentrations (less than 0.1%) that are often a key to the source of the mineral or rock, and their analysis is therefore one of the methods of ...

Tsubai Otsukayama

Archaeology; General archaeology

A large mounded tomb of the early Kofun period (AD 250–400) in Kyoto prefecture, Japan. The tomb contains nearly 40 bronze mirrors which were probably cast from the same mound. As the same type of ...

tumbaga

Archaeology; General archaeology

An alloy of gold with either silver or copper added artificially or as natural impurities. Copper lowers the temperature for the material to be melted and easily cast. Artifacts of tumbaga, such as ...

Debra Damo

Archaeology; General archaeology

Settlement site in the northern Ethiopian highlands dating back to the post-Axumite period (c.AD 1000–1500). It features a 10th- or 11th-century monastic church. The walls and windows of the church, ...