Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (635 page)

Egyptian goddess. See
SATET
.

 
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Ceramic or metal elongated vessel with a wide spout at one end and a handle at the other, characteristic of Greece and the Cyclades in the mid–late 3rd millennium
bc
, probably used for drinking rather than pouring.

 
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Coarse, cylindrical flat-bottomed cooking vessel shaped like a saucepan without a handle, current in central southern England in the mid–late
IRON AGE
.

 
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Type of Bronze Age round barrow found in southern Britain, named as such by Sir Richard Colt
HOARE
in the mid 19th century
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because of their shape and cross-section. Saucer barrows are circular, up to 40m across, with an outer bank and ditch defining an enclosed space, in the centre of which is a low well-spread mound covering a centrally placed primary burial. Double central mounds are sometimes present. One of the range of Bronze Age round barrows that are sometimes known as
FANCY BARROWS
.

 
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Circular brooch, concave in section, like a modern lapel badge, generally decorated in chip-carving. Distributed in the north German lowlands and in England, and dated to the 5th and 6th centuries
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Early Mesolithic communities of France and neighbouring parts of northern Europe dating to about 7000 bc. Named after the finds from two rock-shelters at Sauveterre-la-Lémance, Lot-et-Garonne, France. Sauveterrian flint assemblages are characterized by a lack of wood-working tools and the abundance of geometric microliths.

 
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