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encrusted urn
[Ar].
[Ar].
A style of pottery current in many parts of the British Isles in the first half of the 2nd millennium
bc
, with a bucket-shaped profile and thick, rather coarse, fabric. It is distinctive in having heavy applied decoration in horizontal and vertical bands around the upper portion of the body.
bc
, with a bucket-shaped profile and thick, rather coarse, fabric. It is distinctive in having heavy applied decoration in horizontal and vertical bands around the upper portion of the body.
enculturation
[Th].
[Th].
The processes of becoming knowledgeable and competent in one's culture. In contrast to socialization, which usually applies to the childhood years, enculturation continues throughout a person's life.
endocranial cast
[De].
[De].
Cast made of the interior of the skull, principally to show the marks left by the cortex area of the brain.
endogamy
[De].
[De].
A system in which an individual may only marry another person from within the same kin group, clan, or tribe.
end scraper
[Ar].
[Ar].
Narrow blade tool with a convex working edge at one or both ends.
eneolithic
[CP].
[CP].
General term representing a development of Three Age System terminology to cover a Copper Age in southeastern parts of Europe between the conventional Neolithic and the Bronze Age. See also
CHALCOLITHIC
.
CHALCOLITHIC
.
engaged column
[Co].
[Co].
A half-column (divided longitudinally), standing out on the surface of a wall.
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