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Bevel

A surface or edge which slopes away from a horizontal or vertical surface; the angle or inclination of a line or surface that meets another at any angle but 90°. [beveled (adj.)]

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Benton Flaking

This flaking technique involved the removal of large and small percussion flakes, which resulted in numerous step fractures. Pressure flaking was often used to form serrations. Oblique-transverse flaking was used to shape the blade of a few examples.

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Benben Stone

A cult object made of stone, found at sites such as the one for the sun god Re at Heliopolis. The sacred stone symbolized the Primeval Mound and perhaps also the petrified semen of the deity. It served as the earliest prototype for the obelisk and possibly even the pyramid. It was probably constr...

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Belt Hook

Small decorative and functional object used as a garment hook in China, Korea, and other Near Eastern areas as early as the 7th century bc . Belt hooks have been found in Han tombs in southwestern China, but this luxury item was most in vogue during the Warring States period (5th to 3rd centuries...

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Belt

A strip of leather or other material worn round the waist to support or hold in clothes or to carry weapons.

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Bell Glass

A bell-shaped glass cover used, especially formerly, as a cloche.

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Bell Beaker

A type of pottery vessel found all over western and central Europe from the Final Neolithic or Chalcolithic, c. 25001800 bc . The culture’s name derives from the characteristic pottery, which looks like an inverted bell with globular body and flaring rim. The beakers were valuable and highly deco...

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Bell

The earliest bell founding (i.e., the casting of bells from molten metal) is associated with the Bronze Age. The ancient Chinese were superb founders, their craft reaching an apex during the Zhou/Chou dynasty (c. 1122-221 bc ). Characteristic were elliptical temple bells with exquisite symbolic d...

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Belgic Pottery

General term sometimes applied to the range of Late Iron Age wheel-turned pottery vessels found in southeastern England, especially Aylesford-Swarling pottery.

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Beehive Quern

Type of rotary quern of Roman times with an extremely thick dome-shaped upper stone and a slightly flared base.

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Bec

A Paleolithic flake-boring tool that was retouched on one edge to form a point.

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Beating

A technique to thin and even out the walls of coil- or slab-built vessels after they have partially hardened to “leather” hardness, to improve the bonding between coils, or add surface texture. One holds an anvil or fist inside the vessel while the outside is struck repeatedly with a paddle, whic...

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Beater

1. In music, a wooden or metal object used to provide a rhythm by striking another object. 2. A general tool used to beat objects with.

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Beaker

A simple pottery drinking vessel without handles, more deep than wide, much used in prehistoric Europe. The pottery was usually red or brown burnished ware, decorated with horizontal panels of comb-or cord-impressed designs. It was distributed in Europe from Spain to Poland, and from Italy to Sco...

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Beadwork

Decorative work made of beads.

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Bead Rim

A rim in the form of a small, rounded molding, in section at least two-thirds of a circle. It was often used on bowls, dishes, and jars. [beaded rim]

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Beacharra Ware

Type of decorated Middle Neolithic pottery of western parts of Scotland. The ware is classified into three groups: (1) unornamented, bag-shaped bowls; (2) decorated, carinated bowls with a rim diameter less than the diameter at the carination and with incised or channeled ornament; and (3) small ...

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Bce

An abbreviation used to denote so many years before the common era or before the Christian era. Dates are often listed as bce ( bc ) and ce (common era or Christian era ad ). In the Gregorian calendar, eras are designated bce and ce , terms which are equivalent to bc (before Christ) and ad (Latin...

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Bayonet

A blade adapted to fit the muzzle end of a rifle and used as a weapon in close combat. an abbreviation used to denote so many years before Christ or before the beginning of the Christian calendar. The lower case “bc” represents uncalibrated radiocarbon years; the capitals bc denote a calibrated r...

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Bayeux Tapestry

A medieval embroidery depicting the Norman Conquest of England in 1066, which is considered a remarkable work of art and important as a source for 11th-century history. It consists of a roll of unbleached linen worked in colored worsted with illustrations and is about 70 m (75 yards) long and 50 ...

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Battersea Shield

A Late Iron Age parade shield found in the River Thames at Battersea, England. It is a fine example of insular Celtic art, with an elongated bronze body with rounded ends and decorated in relief and with red glass inlay.

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Battering-Ram

An ancient military engine used for smashing in doors and battering down walls. It consisted of a beam of wood with a head of iron - originally a ram’s head but later in the form of a ram’s head - and swung by chains from an overhead scaffolding. It had a roof to protect those working it from the...

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Baton Perce

An Upper Paleolithic artifact, occasionally encountered in Aurignacian, Gravettian, and Solutrean assemblages but more typically found in Magdalenian toolkits. It consists of a decorated cylinder of antler with a hole through the thickest part. The baton may be decorated with intricate carving. I...

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Bâton De Commandement

A name given to perforated batons made of antler rod of the Upper Paleolithic period in western Europe, from the Aurignacian period (30,000 years ago) through the Magdalenian. They have a hole through the thickest part of the head, are usually 30 cm (12 inches) long, but are often broken. The per...

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Baton

A soft hammer used to strike flakes from a stone core, often made of antler, bone, or wood. [billet, percussor]

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