Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (11 page)

Anno Hegirae. Years according to the Islamic calendar starting in 1 AH when Mohammad was banished from Mecca. Year 1 AH is equivalent to ad 622 in the Christian calendar.

 
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Archaeological heritage management. See
ARCHAEOLOGICAL RESOURCE MANAGEMENT
.

 
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Prince of Thebes and first Pharaoh of the 18th Dynasty and the New Kingdom who reigned in the period
c.
1550–1525 bc. During this time the
HYKSOS
were expelled from Egypt and territorial gains made in Nubia and Palestine.

 
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An early post-glacial culture of north Germany and the Low Countries dating to the period around 8500 bc. The stone-tool industries include scrapers, burins, and tanged points probably used as arrow tips. More than 50 wooden arrow shafts of this culture were found at the type-site of Ahrensburg near Hamburg in Schleswig-Holstein, together with clubs that were possibly used in hunting reindeer.

 
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A kind of ceremonial platform constructed on Easter Island and the Society Islands in the period
c.
ad 600 through to ad 1500. Rectangular in plan, the platforms were built of stone slabs covering a rubble core. Stone statues (
MOAI
) were sometimes set on the ahu. Ahu are probably related to the
MARAE
found in ceremonial contexts in Polynesia.

 
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See
ARCHAEOLOGICAL INSTITUTE OF AMERICA
.

 
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