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pinched neck
(pinched rim, pinched lip)
[De].
Type of flagon top pinched out with a finger and thumb action into the form of a figure-of-eight in order to facilitate pouring from the finished vessel.
pinfold
[MC].
A small enclosure in which stray cattle were placed and only released to their owner on payment of a fine.
pingo
[Ge].
A mound of soil and glacial moraine that forms under
PERIGLACIAL
conditions with a block of ice at the core. When the ice eventually melts the overburden collapses to form a natural, more or less circular rampart. Some can look deceptively like archaeological monuments.
pintadera
[Ar].
A small ceramic object comprising a patterned face with a knob behind to hold it. The face is presumed to have been used as a stamp, perhaps for applying pigments to the skin or to garments in a repeat pattern. They date to the late Neolithic of central Europe, although similar things are also known in the Americas from quite separate origins.
Pinto Basin Tradition
(San Dieguito–Pinto Tradition)
[CP].
Archaic Stage hunter-gatherer communities of the Southern Basin and southern Californian desert of western North America flourishing in the period 5000–1900 bc. Pinto appears to have developed from Palaeo-Indian San Dieguito roots. Characterized by nomadic populations using distinctive Pinto points.
Pinto point
[Ar].
Bifacially worked chipped stone projectile point characteristic of the Pinto Basin Phase of western North America 5000–1900 bc. Triangular in outline, Pinto points are shouldered towards the bottom of the long side to produce a straight stem; they have a hollow base.

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