Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (269 page)

The name given to a type of shallow pottery bowl with a decorated base that is found in the early Bronze Age of the Cyclades in Greece. The handle consists of two divergent knobs or legs. The decoration includes spirals, female sexual symbols, and sometimes representations of boats. The function of these vessels is not known—suggestions include drums, mirrors, and lids—but they are certainly not for frying.

 
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Fellow of the
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF LONDON
.

 
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Fellow of the
SOCIETY OF ANTIQUARIES OF SCOTLAND
.

 
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Archaic Stage communities living on the southern coast and offshore islands of southern Chile in South America in the period 4000 bc to historic times. Characterized by subsistence economies based on marine resources.

 
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An Irish term for a burnt mound or traditional cooking place. See
BURNT MOUND
.

 
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One of the finishing processes in the manufacture of woollen cloth. Pieces of the woven cloth were churned around in a soapy liquid which had the effect of felting the fibres together and making the cloth stronger, warmer, and more weather-proof. When this process began to be industrialized, from Roman times onwards, the place where it was done was known as a
fulling mill
.

 
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A term which has been somewhat misleadingly used to describe the dark surface of vessels, in particular black-burnished ware, which has been exposed to a reducing atmosphere during the later stages of manufacture.