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1. Abbevillian, adj. and n. View full entry 1783
...Of or relating to Abbeville or its inhabitants. Now rare....
2. abri, n. View full entry 1761
...A shelter, a refuge....
3. absolute, adj. (and adv.) and n. View full entry c1400
...Grammar....
4. 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)....
5. 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...
6. Aegean, adj. and n. View full entry 1513
...Of, relating to, or situated in the area between the Greek mainland and Asia Minor....
7. agger, n. View full entry a1398
...A heap of stones and earth, an earthwork, mound, or embankment; (Archaeol.) the raised rampart of a Roman camp; the raised part of a Roman road or causeway, with ditches...
8. 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 8500 b.c., remains of which were first...
9. alignment, n. View full entry 1742
...The result of arranging in or along a line, or into appropriate relative positions; the layout or orientation of a thing or things disposed in this way. Also: a group of things...
10. allée couverte, n. View full entry 1870
...A type of tunnel-shaped Neolithic tomb, typically comprising a long rectangular chamber, found esp. in central and northern France; = gallery gravegallery2....
11. 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...
12. 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...
13. Anglo-Roman, adj. View full entry 1766
...Of or relating to the Roman Catholic Church in England (or Britain)....
14. archaeo-, comb. form View full entry 1865
... Greek ἀρχαιο- comb. form of ἀρχαῖος ancient, primitive (ἀρχή beginning). Formerly, and still occas., spelt archaio-. In compounds and derivatives, as archaeology...
15. archaeoastronomy, n. View full entry 1971
...The study of astronomy as it was practised in prehistoric times or is represented by archæological remains....
16. archaeographical, adj. View full entry 1877
...Of or connected with archæography....
17. archaeography, n. View full entry 1804
...Systematic description of antiquities....
18. archaeologer, n. View full entry 1851
...One who cultivates archæology....
19. archaeologian, n. View full entry 1849
...An archæologist....
20. archaeologic, adj. View full entry 1731
...Of or pertaining to archæology; archæological....
