Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (399 page)

Birthplace of the Buddha in northeast India. Some archaeological work has taken place in the area and the presence of northern black polished ware pottery of the 1st millennium
bc
confirms the antiquity of the site. The emperor Asoka, head of the Mauryan empire, visited the site in 249 bc and set up a commemorative pillar which still exists.
[Sum.: B. K. Rijal , 1996,
100 years of archaeological research in Lumbini, Kapilavastu and Devadaha.
Kathmandu: S. K. International]

 
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THERMOLUMINESCENCE DATING
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Crescentic necklets of sheet gold, so named because of their resemblance to the shape of a crescent moon. Generally decorated with fine incisions or
REPOUSSÉ
work. Mainly of early Bronze Age date and found widely across northern Europe, especially in Scotland and Ireland.

 
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lur
(pl.
lurer
)
[Ar].

A type of musical instrument known from the late Bronze Age contexts in northern Europe in the form of a long horn of bronze with a double curve in it and a distinctive funnel-shaped distal end. Their manufacture was extremely complicated as they were made in several sections using the
LOST-WAX CASTING TECHNIQUE
. They are often found in peat bogs, usually in pairs, suggesting that they were votive deposits.

 
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Communities living in and around the Zagros Mountains between Iran and Iraq in the late 2nd and early 1st millennia
bc
, distinctive for their bronze-working industry. Their origins are obscure, but they may have originated in the Caucasus away to the east; they seem to have been ancestral to the
MEDES
and
PERSIANS
. Their bronze work is characterized by ornamentation that includes the free use of animal and demonic human forms applied to such products as weapons, horse fittings, and jewellery.

 
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LAUSITZ CULTURE
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