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Kingdoms
[CP].

The three Kingdoms of ancient Egypt represent peaks in the development of early Egyptian society, separated by phases of disorder and decline. The Old Kingdom spans the 3rd to 6th Dynasties (
c.
2658–2150 bc); the Middle Kingdom spans the 12th to 13th Dynasties (
c.
2100–1750 bc); and the New Kingdom spans the 18th to 20th Dynasties (
c.
1550–1070 bc).

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kin-group
[De].

A group of people related by blood rather than, for example, age or gender. See also
KINSHIP
.

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kinship
[Ge].

In anthropology, relationships between people that are based on real or imagined descent or, sometimes, on marriage. Kinship ties impose mutual obligations on all members of a kin group; these ties were at the core of most prehistoric societies.

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kitchen midden
[MC].

See
SHELL MIDDEN
.

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kiva
[Co].

A subterranean or semi-subterranean room, usually circular in plan, used for ceremonial purposes and meetings among the pueblo cultures of the southwestern USA.

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knapping
[Ge].

A general term used to describe the process of working flint or stone either by percussion (direct or indirect) or by pressure.

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Knapton ware
[Ar].

Type of crude hand-made pottery dating to the 4th century
ad
. Manufactured and circulated in the Humberside area of northeastern England.

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