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Third son of Louis the Pious born
c.
ad 805, king of the East Franks from ad 840 until his death in ad 876.

 
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See
PALAEOLITHIC
.

 
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A term popularized in archaeological circles in Britain by Cyril
FOX
from the 1930s onwards to refer to the lowland regions of the south and east of the British Isles that are characterized by rather different kinds of archaeology from those found in the north and west. This is partly a product of geography, but this, Fox argued, had an effect on the human populations who had many ideas imposed on them because of their proximity to the European mainland and who tended to be replaced as a result of migrations and colonization. See also
HIGHLAND ZONE
.

 
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See
BAS-RELIEF
.

 
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Mesolithic and Neolithic settlements dating to the period 9000–2000 bc around Lub
na Lake on the borders of the Balvi, Madona, and R
zekne districts of eastern Latvia. Investigations directed by I. Loze and F. Zagorskis between 1963 and 1982 revealed 23 separate settlement areas, some 13 of which were sampled by excavation. Hunting and fishing provided the subsistence base of the settlements of the Kunda Culture and Narva Culture horizons. Finds include preserved parts of fish-traps and nets as well as artefacts in flint, slate, bone, horn, and wood. From the later Neolithic, Corded Ware Culture and Lub
na pottery horizons
c.
late 3rd millennium
bc
, crop cultivation, and cattle breeding took over. Houses included piled structures with stone hearths set in marshy ground. Throughout the Neolithic, the Lub
na Plain was a centre of amber working and exchange.
[Rep.: I. Loze , 1979,
Akmens laikmets Lub
na kl
nos
. Riga]