Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (34 page)
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AOC
[Ab].
[Ab].
AOC beaker
[Ab].
[Ab].
aonach
[De].
[De].
A fair or assembly place in the early medieval period in Ireland. The word occurs fairly frequently in
PLACE-NAMES
. By the 11th century
ad
the aonach had become more or less synonymous with a market.
PLACE-NAMES
. By the 11th century
ad
the aonach had become more or less synonymous with a market.
AOO beaker
[Ab].
[Ab].
AP
[Ab].
[Ab].
apadana
[Co].
[Co].
The principal audience hall of a Persian palace.
Apennine Culture
[CP].
[CP].
A middle and late Bronze Age culture which developed about 1600 bc in peninsular Italy with some influence from the Balkans. Characterized by the variety of its pottery types, which included bowls with elaborate, upstanding handles, and vessels decorated with curvilinear and zig-zag geometric designs. Many of the sites lie high in the mountains and may have been occupied by transhumant pastoralists. Inhumation cemeteries are known.
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