The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology - Articles

4,722 total articles

Containing more than 4,000 definitions, The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology provides an exhaustive survey of archaeology vocabulary. The Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology includes biographies, charts of stratigraphic subdivisions, information on cultural periods in North American, Mesoamerica, and South America, and entries on key archaeological sites throughout history.

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ZVI

Zvejnieki, Latvia

Zozimus

Zoser

zophorus

zoomorphic brooch

zoomorphic

zooarchaeology.

zong

zone of visual intrusion

zone

Zinjanthropus

zinc

zimbabwe

ziggurat

Zhoukoudian, China

Zhou Dynasty

Zhob Culture

Zhizo

Zeuner, Fredrick Everard

Zemi

Zeliezovce style

Zebbug. Phase

Zawisza, Count Jan

Zarzian

Zapotec

zangentor

Zamostje, Moscow Region, Russia

Zambian Wilton

Zakros, Crete, Greece

Złota Culture

Yue

yue

Yubetsu

Younger Dryas Phase

Yorkshire vase food vessel

York, North Yorkshire, England

York ware

yoke

Yeavering, Northumberland, England

Yayoi

Yasuni Phase

Yarinachoca Phase

yard

Yanik Tepe, Tabriz, Iran

Yangshao Culture

Yamnaya Culture

yam

Yadin, Yigael

XRF

Xochicalco, Mexico

xoanon

Xerxes

X-ray style

X-ray milliprobe analysis

X-ray microscopy

X-ray fluorescence spectrometry

X-ray diffraction analysis

X-radiography

X-Group

wrought iron

writing

wristguard

wrist clasp

Wright, Thomas

Worsaae, Jens Jacob Asmussen

world system

World Heritage Convention

World Council of Indigenous Peoples

World Archaeological Congress

working hollow

working floor

workhouse

word square

Wooton-style enclosure

woolly rhinoceros

Woolley, Sir Charles Leonard

Woodland

Woodhenge, Durrington, Wiltshire, England

woodbank

wood

Wolstonian Stage

Wisconsin Stage

winged corridor villa

winged chape

wine

Windover, Florida, USA

Windmiller Culture

Windmill Hill, Wiltshire, England

Windmill Hill Culture

windmill

Windermere Interstadial

Winckelmann, Johann Joachim

Winchester, Hampshire, England

Winchester ware

Wilton

Wilson, Daniel

willow-leaf point

Willibrord, Saint

Williamsburg (Middle Plantation), Virginia, USA