Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (69 page)

A church modelled on the form of a Roman
BASILICA
which would typically have a broad nave and aisles.

 
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Late Archaic and Post-Archaic sedentary communities living in southwestern parts of North America between
c.
1000 bc and ad 750. Identified in the late 19th century and codified into three main phases by Alfred Kidder in 1927, it is now recognized that much of what was formerly classified as Basketmaker Tradition is more comfortably seen as belonging to more clearly identified traditions and cultures. Basketmaker Phase I, dated to
c.
1000–1 bc, is essentially the same as the Archaic; Phase II,
c.
ad 1–450 is the same as the Desert Archaic and represents the beginning a long-lived cultural tradition on the Colorado Plateau which is referred to as the
ANASAZI
from the Navajo word for ‘ancient alien ones’. Basketmaker Phase III,
c.
ad 450–750 equates to a developed phase of Anasazi, when beans were added to the diet and there was a greater commitment to agriculture.

 
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A technique of sculpture in which subjects are defined by being slightly raised from a flat background. Also known as low-relief.

 
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An outward projection from a defensive wall.

 
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The cat goddess of Lower Egypt. Her main cult centre was at Bubastis in the Nile Delta.

 
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A type of defended farmhouse dating to the 16th and 17th centuries found in northern England and southern Scotland. Bastles are generally two-storeyed buildings, roughly constructed, with the main living area on the first floor and storerooms and animal shelters below. The thick walls, small doorways, and narrow slit-windows provided a measure of defence in time of trouble along the English/Scottish borders. Also known as peel houses.

 
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