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Kahoolawe
Kahoolawe , uninhabited island, 45 sq mi (117 sq km), central Hawaii; separated from Maui island to the NE by Alalakeiki Channel. The low island, dotted with many archaeological sites, served as a prison and as a military target range. In 1994 the federal government returned Kahoolawe to the state, ...
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University of Arizona
University of Arizona at Tucson; land-grant and state-supported; coeducational; chartered 1885, opened 1891. Because of the proximity of Pueblo villages and rich archaeological sites, Native American archaeology and ethnology are important fields of research. The university is also involved in astr...
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Ayodhya
Ayodhya or Ajodhya , former town, Uttar Pradesh state, N India, on the Ghaghara River. It is a joint municipality with Faizabad . Ayodhya was the capital of the kingdom of Kosala (7th cent. BC). Long associated with Hindu legend of Rama and his father Dasharatha (see Ramayana ), the town is a ...
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Alfred Vincent Kidder
Alfred Vincent Kidder 1885-1963, American archaeologist, b. Marquette, Mich., grad. Harvard (B.A. 1908; Ph.D. 1914). From 1915 to 1929 he conducted excavations at Pecos, N.Mex., for the Phillips Academy, Andover, Mass. This research is considered to have laid the foundation for modern archaeologica...
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John Garstang
John Garstang 1876-1956, English archaeologist. He served as W. M. Flinders Petrie 's field assistant in Egypt in 1899 and was professor of archaeology at the Univ. of Liverpool from 1907 to 1941, when he became professor emeritus. He conducted archaeological excavations at Jericho in Palestine an...
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tumulus
tumulus , plural tumuli , in archaeology, a heap of earth or stones placed over a grave. The terms mound , barrow , or cairn are more common in modern usage.
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biblical archaeology
biblical archaeology term applied to the archaeology of the biblical lands, especially those of the ancient Middle East. While the thousands of written texts found in the languages of the ancient Middle East illuminate the Bible itself, the artifacts uncovered by archaeologists help re-create the...
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Robert Smithson
Robert Smithson 1938-73, American sculptor, b. Passaic, N.J. After first making modular, serial sculpture, Smithson began to design large-scale earthworks (see land art ) in the 1960s. Smithson reshaped the landscape in a way that recalled both the forces of nature and ancient archaeological sites...
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Amaravati
Amaravati , ancient ruined city, Andhra Pradesh state, SE India, near the mouth of the Krishna River. The former capital of the Buddhist Andhra kingdom, it is a well-known archaeological site. Remains include a beautiful Buddhist stupa (1st cent. AD).
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Percy Gardner
Percy Gardner 1846-1937, English classical archaeologist. He served as field assistant to W. M. Flinders Petrie , helping him excavate Naucritus, a Greek settlement in Egypt. From 1887 to 1925 he was professor of archaeology at Oxford, where he was instrumental in building up the archaeology depar...
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