Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (411 page)

The main residence of the lord of the
MANOR
, typically comprising a substantial house, together with associated agricultural buildings and administrative offices. In England the manor house was often located near the main church serving the manor.

 
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A Latin term for an inn of the
cursus publicus
. A small town (posting-station), or an inn, especially for government officials. They were typically spaced one day's journey apart; many were defended or enclosed by a rampart, with a gatehouse, guardrooms for the road police, and a canteen or
taberna
. Between
mansiones
there were rest houses,
mutationes
, with stables for changing horses and a small
taberna
for refreshing the riders.

 
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Integration period chiefdom centred on Manta, Ecuador, from about ad 500 down to the Spanish conquest. The Manteño Culture is notable for its towns, mass-produced pottery, copper tools, and stone sculptures which often took the form of U-shaped seats supported by figures. T-shaped copper axes were common, but too thin to have been functional: they were probably some form of money or standardized unit of exchange.

 
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An unmodified stone carried to its findspot from elsewhere by human agency. Examples include seashells found inland or water-rolled pebbles away from any river.

 
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Native peoples of New Zealand who probably arrived from central Polynesia in the 12th century
ad
according to available radiocarbon dates.

 
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See
MANAGEMENT OF ARCHAEOLOGICAL PROJECTS
.

 
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