ARCHAEOL

Meaning of ARCHAEOL in English

study of ancient cultures through their artifacts

Explanatory English dictionary bed edition. Толковый словарь английского языка Редакция bed. 2012

ARCHAEOL. — 1. archaeological. 2. archaeology.
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SYRINGE — n syrinx (1. panpipe; 2. [Archaeol.]; 3. [Ornith.])
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SPHINGE — n sphinx (1. [Archaeol.]; 2. [Entom.])
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LACRIMATORIO — n [Archaeol.] tear bottle, lachrymatory
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DEMOTIC — adj [Egypt. Archaeol.] demotic
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ZAPOTEC — /zap"euh tek', zah"peuh-/ ; Sp. /sah'paw tek"/ , n. , pl. Zapotecs , ( esp. collectively ) Zapotec for 1, …
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YANG-SHAO — /yahng"show"/ , adj. Archaeol. of or designating a Neolithic culture of N China c5000-3000 B.C., characterized by dwellings with sunken …
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WOODLAND CULTURE — Archaeol. a long pre-Columbian tradition characterized by the corded pottery of a hunting and later agricultural people of the eastern …
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WOODHENGE — /wood"henj'/ , n. Archaeol. a henge monument consisting of circles of upright timber posts. [ 1925-30; WOOD 1 + (STONE)HENGE …
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WESSEX CULTURE — Archaeol. an early Bronze Age culture of southern England, 1800-1400 B.C., known only from grave sites, grave goods, and megaliths …
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WARE — ware 1 /wair/ , n. 1. Usually, wares . a. articles of merchandise or manufacture; goods: a peddler selling his …
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UREWE — /oo ray"way/ , adj. Archaeol. of or pertaining to an early Iron Age pottery tradition of central Africa beginning in …
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TYPE-SITE — /tuyp"suyt'/ , n. Archaeol. the place where artifacts characteristic of a particular culture or cultural stage have first been found …
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TURTLEBACK — /terr"tl bak'/ , n. 1. Archaeol. tortoise-core. 2. Furniture. an oval or elliptical boss. [ 1880-85; TURTLE 1 + BACK …
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TUMULUS — /tooh"myeuh leuhs, tyooh"-/ , n. , pl. tumuluses, tumuli /-luy'/ . 1. Archaeol. an artificial mound, esp. over a grave; …
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TRANCHET — /trahn shay"/ ; Fr. /trddahonn she"/ , n. , pl. tranchets /-shayz"/ ; Fr. /-she"/ . Archaeol. a stone implement …
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TORTOISE-CORE — /tawr"teuhs kawr', -kohr'/ , n. Archaeol. a late Lower and Middle Paleolithic stone core characteristic of the Levalloisian tradition of …
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THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING — Archaeol. a method of dating archaeological specimens, chiefly pottery, by measuring the radiation given off by ceramic materials as they …
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TECTIFORM — /tek"teuh fawrm'/ , adj. 1. having the shape of a roof. n. 2. Archaeol. a design found in Paleolithic cave …
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STEINKERN — /shtuyn"kern', -kerrn', stuyn"-/ , n. Archaeol. the fossilized outline of a hollow organic structure, as a skull or a mollusk …
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SOUTERRAIN — /sooh'teuh rayn", sooh"teuh rayn'/ , n. Chiefly Archaeol. a subterranean passage or structure; grotto. [ 1725-35; subterraneus; see SOUS-SOUS, TERRAIN …
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SOLUTREAN — /seuh looh"tree euhn/ , adj. Archaeol. of or designating an Upper Paleolithic European culture c18,000-16,000 B.C., characterized by the making …
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SITE CATCHMENT ANALYSIS — Archaeol. the examination by survey, excavation, maps, and graphs of a contained area to evaluate the productivity of the resources …
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SHAFT GRAVE — Archaeol. a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab. [ 1905-10 …
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ROUND BARROW — Archaeol. a funerary barrow having a bell, disk, saucer, or pond shape, primarily of the Bronze Age and containing the …
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POSTHOLE — /pohst"hohl'/ , n. 1. a hole dug in the earth for setting in the end of a post, as for …
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PIT GRAVE — Archaeol. a shallow grave hollowed out of a bed of rock or the floor of a tholos. [ 1895-1900 ]
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PATELLA — — patellar , adj. /peuh tel"euh/ , n. , pl. patellas, patellae /-tel"ee/ . 1. Anat. the flat, movable bone …
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PASSAGE GRAVE — Archaeol. a megalithic tomb of the Neolithic and Copper or early Bronze ages found in the British Isles and Europe, …
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PALSTAVE — /pawl"stayv', pal"-/ , n. Archaeol. a bronze celt fitted into a split wooden handle. Also, palstaff /pawl"staf', -stahf', pal"-/ . …
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