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Mojokerto

The find spot in eastern Java, Indonesia, of a skull of an archaic Homo erectus child, dated to c 1.5 million years BP or before. Believed to be the oldest hominid fossil in Southeast Asia, the Mojokerto child has also been classed as Pithecanthropus robustus and P. modjokertensis.

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Mojokerto

Obverse Face

On a fluted projectile, it is the face from which the initial or primary flute was removed.

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Obverse Face

Projectile Point

The general term for the stone, bone, or wooden tip of a projectile - the point that is attached to a weapon such as an arrow, dart, lance, or spear. Among such points are arrowheads, which are usually of small size, and dart and spearpoints, which may be quite large. This tool is valuable in rec...

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Projectile Point

Bar-Gorget

A bar-like ornament, usually of polished stone and perforated, worn around the throat.

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Bar-Gorget

Compartmented Seal

The typical, usually metal, seal of the Bronze Age in western Central Asia and northern Afghanistan. Most often round, the seals' motifs were geometric or of objects of nature.

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Compartmented Seal

Os

Datum against which height and depths are measured.

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Contour Plan

A plan showing the surface relief of an archaeological site at a given period, as inferred from a series of recorded elevations.

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Contour Plan

Ai

An ancient Canaanite town near Bethel supposedly destroyed by the Israelites and Joshua. There is a triple circuit of walls from the Early Bronze Age, c. 2900-2500 BC and imposing ruins of a temple and another large building within it. The Bronze Age site is now called at-Tall and there was only ...

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Ai

Peer Review

The part of the publishing process wherein a publisher asks other scholars to examine and critique a piece of writing before it is published.

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Peer Review

Sea Peoples

A collective term for various peoples who were on the move in the Aegean, Anatolia, and Levant in the 13th and 12th centuries BC. They were responsible for widespread destruction of settlements in these areas, particularly Ugarit and Alalakh and, more remotely, with the fall of Mycenaean Greece a...

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Sea Peoples

Kaminaljuyú

A large and important Maya site near Guatemala City that originally contained over 200 mounds, strongly influenced by Teotihuacán during the Early Classic. As the greatest of the early centers in the highland Maya zone, Kaminaljuyú has a history of occupation dating back to c 1800 BC, but it reac...

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Kaminaljuyú

Ellora

A site in central India with a series of magnificent rock-cut Buddhist, Jain, and Hindu temples, mainly of the Gupta Period c 320-540 AD. Many of them have fine sculptures. The most remarkable of the monuments is the monolithic Kailasa Temple, cut from a single outcropping of rock. It is extensiv...

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Ellora