Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (588 page)

Local Cornish name for a
PORTAL DOLMEN
.

 
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Doughnut-shaped type of early Bronze Age
FAIENCE
bead.

 
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Ornate circular Anglo-Saxon brooch of the early 5th century
ad
, distinctive in being essentially a penannular brooch to which has been added a wide decorative plate with a round hole in the middle.

 
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Middle Bronze Age pin typical of the Ornament Horizon in northwest Europe (British Taunton Phase) comprising a thin shank with a point at one end and a large, rather ostentatious, ring cast onto the shank at the other.

 
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A substantial early Neolithic shell midden on the coast of northern Vietnam south of the Red River delta near Vinh. The midden is over 5m thick and dates to about 3000 bc, perhaps a late variant of the local Hoabinhian Culture. A flaked stone industry, cordimpressed pottery, ceramic net weights, and grinding stones have been found in the midden, together with contracted burials. The faunal remains include wild deer, cattle, pig, dog, and elephant, all presumably hunted.
[Sum.: K. Taylor , 1983,
The birth of Vietnam
. Berkeley: University of California Press]

 
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The supreme god of ancient Egypt who takes the form of the sun and is closely connected with the king. Head of the Ennead of Heliopolis. His dead form is represented as a ram-headed man in a shrine. Ra was often syncretized with other gods to give them a solar aspect and to enhance their importance, as with Amun-Ra, Sobek-Ra, or Ra-Harakhte (Horus-of-the-horizon).

 
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