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Scapulimancy
Process of divining future in which animal bones are burned and the etchings are read by a diviner
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Qanats
Underground tunnel constructed to lead water from the interior of a hill to a village below
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Chiefdom
Level of socio-political integration more complex than the tribe but less so than the state
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Chavin
Distinctive religious art style in western South America
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Conspicuous Consumption
Lavish or wasteful consumption thought to enhance social prestige
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Affluent Foraging
Society is fueled by agriculture, but wild food in some areas could allow for development without food production
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Citadel
Core fortified area of a city or town such as castle or fortress
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Ness of Brogdar
Temple complex that is the epicenter of a vast ritualistic complex
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Horns of Consecration
Practical and abstract symbol of the sun that is located in Minoan civilizations
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Larnax
Small closed coffin, or ash chest used as a container for human remains in ancient Macedonia
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Paleolithic (2)
- "Old stone age" lasting 2.5 million years
- Primitive stones were used
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Brodger, Orkney
One of the stone circles in the heart of Orkney
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Carnac, France
Stones that possibly represented the calendar
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Fluted Points
Projectile points made by Paleoindians that are found in association with bones of bisan
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Pschent
Double crown worn by ancient Egyptian kings, symbolic of dominian over upper and lower egypt
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Flail and Crook
- Flail-agriculture and slaves
- Crook-Shepard
- Represents power with unification between iron fist and guidance
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Narmer Palette
Makeup for the Pharaoh with picture of Pharaoh on the back and Unification on the front
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Lapita Pottery
Pottery style known from the inhabited Pacific Islands
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Clovis Point
Fluted point stone blades exhibiting a channel on both faces that aids in putting the stone point onto a wooden shaft
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Debitage
Small, unusable waste flakes produced during the process of making stone tools
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Microblades
Very small stone blade with a very sharp cutting edge
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Denali Complex
Lithic technology seen in the Arctic consisting of wedge-shaped cores, microblades, etc.
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Nenana Complex (2)
- Oldest stone tool complex in Alaska
- Includes bifacially flaked, un-fluted spear points
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