Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (345 page)

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CAPE DENBIGH, ALASKA
.

 
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American term used in southwestern parts of the US for the wattle and daub construction of walls.

 
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A leguminous plant (Canavalia plagiosperma) with edible seeds in a long pod. Native to South America and Mesoamerica. Domesticated by
c.
3000 bc in Mesoamerica.

 
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Jacobstahl , Paul Ferdinand
(1880–1957)
[Bi].

German archaeologist and scholar specializing in Celtic art. Born and brought up in Berlin, educated at Luisenstädtisches Gymnasium, and at the Universities of Berlin, Gottingen, and Bonn. He was appointed to a lectureship in Gottingen University in 1908, and in 1912 he was made Professor of Classical Archaeology in Marburg University. Forced to leave Germany in 1935 he found a home in Britain and was appointed Reader in Celtic Archaeology in the University of Oxford.
[Obit.:
Revue Archéologique
, 1958 (Tome II), 103–4]

 
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A hard semi-precious stone that comes in a range of colours from reddish brown through greens to white. Outcrops in East Asia were used from Neolithic times onwards for the manufacture of ornamental and ritual objects. Sources in the Alps of southern Europe were also exploited from early times, and objects such as axes, pendants, and bracelets were traded over vast distances. A
JADEITE AXE
deposited in about 3807 bc beside the Sweet Track in Somerset, England, was more than 1200km from it source.

 
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Thin highly polished unperforated implements, probably for ceremonial use. Examples date mainly from the 4th and 3rd millennia
bc
in northwest Europe.

 
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