Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (507 page)

Anglo-Saxon individuals and communities who were not Christian and who followed native religions and beliefs. Archaeologically, pagan Saxons are identified from the north–south orientation of their graves, the range of grave goods buried with the dead including weapons with men and jewellery with women, buckets, hanging bowls, toilet sets, girdle hangers, and pots. Broadly dating to the period ad 450–650.

 
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A Buddhist temple tower of several storeys, common in East Asia.

 
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Bifacially worked chipped stone points of triangular outline with a small stem or tang at the base. Characteristic of the Archaic Stage paiján Tradition of South America in the period 9000–7000 bc.

 
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Pre-Ceramic (Archaic) Stage hunter-gatherer communities flourishing in north and central Peru in the period
c.
9000–7000 bc. Characterized by
PAIJÁN POINTS
. Paiján tradition communities may have been among the first in the region to exploit marine resources on a significant scale. Snails and lizards also seem to have been used as food sources at the site of Pampa de Fosiles 13, Peru.

 
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In pottery making, a mineral or organic compound applied decoratively or figuratively to the surface of a ceramic vessel before firing so as to produce a colour contrast with the underlying fabric or background slip.
2
Organic or mineral-based material in liquid form that can be applied to a surface to impart colour to it.

 
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Fineware frequently decorated with simple designs in red or black paint including circles and pothooks. Characteristic of the Ganges civilization of northern India. Later 2nd and early 1st millennia
bc
in date, perhaps associated with the spread of ironworking.

 
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