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1. aceramic, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1961
...Of a culture, esp. an early Neolithic culture: lacking pottery. Also: of or relating to such a culture. Also occas. as (with the)....
2. Acheulean, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1901
...Of, relating to, or designating an early Palaeolithic period in Europe, the Middle East, Africa, and India, preceding the Mousterian, and distinguished in particular by the manufacture of stone hand axes. Also...
3. adlect, v. View full entry 1914
...trans. To select or promote (a person) by adlection. Freq. with to, into. Cf. adlection...
4. Ahrensburg, adj. View full entry 1931
...Of, relating to, or designating an early postglacial culture of north Germany and the Low Countries dating to the period around 8500b.c., remains of which were first discovered at...
5. akkadogram, n. View full entry 1954
...The name given to any one of the cuneiform characters of the Akkadian language. Cf. SumerogramSumerian....
6. alazon, n. View full entry 1911
...A stock character in ancient Greek comedy characterized by arrogance, misplaced self-confidence, and a failure to recognize irony. Hence in extended use: a character of this type. Contrasted with eiron...
7. Altithermal, adj. (and n.) View full entry 1948
...Designating a period of the Holocene, between about 7500 and 5500 years ago, when the western United States was relatively warm; of or relating to this period. Also as : this...
8. Anasazi, n. and adj. View full entry 1936
...Archaeol. A member of the Basket Maker people, or of their successors the early Pueblo people, of the uplands of northern Arizona, New Mexico, southern Utah, and Colorado, together considered as...
9. archaeoastronomy, n. View full entry 1971
...The study of astronomy as it was practised in prehistoric times or is represented by archæological remains....
10. archaeomagnetism, n. View full entry 1958
...(The study and interpretation of) the remanent magnetism of archæological remains, esp. for dating purposes. Cf. palaeomagnetism...
11. archaeometry, n. View full entry 1958
...The application of modern scientific and technical methods to the interpretation of archæological remains....
12. ard, n. View full entry 1931
...A primitive light plough, which scratched the surface of the land rather than turning furrows....
13. artefactual | artifactual, adj. View full entry 1914
...Science. Of the nature of an artefact (artefact2); created by an experimental technique or procedure; factitious....
14. art mobilier, n. View full entry 1921
...Prehistoric decorated or carved portable objects; (also) art consisting of such objects....
15. Atestine, adj. and n. View full entry 1924
...Of or pertaining to the ancient city of Ateste in north-eastern Italy (now Este); spec. designating the pre-Roman culture of Ateste....
16. Audi, n. View full entry 1921
...Applied attrib. to remains of the lower Aurignacian period resembling those found at l'Abri Audi, and to the culture they represent. Also absol....
17. Aunjetitz, n. View full entry 1925
...The German form of the name of a village near Prague, in the Czech Republic, applied attrib. to the remains found there of an important Early Bronze Age culture and to the...
18. Badarian, adj. and n. View full entry 1924
...Designating an early predynastic culture of Upper Egypt, evidence of which was first discovered at Badari in 1924; of or relating to this culture....
19. Bandkeramik, n. View full entry 1921
...A type of neolithic pottery with banded decoration. Also attrib....
20. biface, n. View full entry 1934
...A type of prehistoric stone implement flaked on both faces. Also attrib....
