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true many a true word is spoken in jest proverbial saying, late 14th century, meaning that an apparent joke may often include a shrewd comment, or that what is spoken of as unlikely or improbable may in the future turn out to be true.
true-blue in early use (from the mid 17th century), applied to the Scottish Presbyterian or Whig party, the Covenanters having adopted
blue as their colour in contradistinction to the royal
red. Later (in the current sense), staunchly loyal to the Tory, or Conservative, Party; in the US, extremely loyal or orthodox.
true-love knot a kind of knot with interlacing bows on each side, symbolizing the bonds of love.
See also
what everybody says must be true,
morning dreams come true,
what is new cannot be true,
true as Troilus,
twelve good men and true.
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Hunter-gatherers 'on the move'?(Mesolithic on the move: papers presented at the 6th International Conference on the Mesolithic in Europe, Stockholm 2000.)(Les camps mesolithiques du Tiller: analyses typologique, typometrique, structurelle et spatiale)(Le site mesolithique des Baraquettes (Velzic, Cantal) et le peuplement de la moyenne montagne cantalienne, des origines h la fin du Mesolithique)(Campements mesolithiques en Bresse jurassienne: Choisey et Ruffey-sur-Seille)(Book Review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2004; ; 700+ words
; ...has until recently dominated Mesolithic archaeology. This approach...heavily entrenched within Mesolithic narratives than in other periods of prehistory, so any evidence...e.g. Price 1973), in Mesolithic on the move there is a large...
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Mesolithic mortuary ritual at Franchthi Cave, Greece.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/1995; ; 700+ words
; ...millennium, the Upper Mesolithic period, and 48 human bone fragments...sample, our only insight into Mesolithic burial practices in Greece...against the wider backdrop of Mesolithic Europe and the Near East...the Upper Palaeolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods, producing a long ...
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Microlith to macrolith: the reasons behind the transformation of production in the Irish Mesolithic.(Research)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2005; ; 700+ words
; ...8000 cal BC and the Irish Mesolithic appears to continue until...means of production in this period. But in Ireland, there...difference in that the early Mesolithic (8000-7000 cal BC) and the later Mesolithic (6500-4000 cal BC) are...
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The Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Ukraine: new radiocarbon determinations for the cemeteries of the Dnieper Rapids Region.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/1998; ; 700+ words
; ...contains about 20 cemeteries from the Mesolithic and Neolithic periods. Settlement evidence for Mesolithic occupation/activity associated with...Ukraine and contrasts markedly with those Mesolithic cemeteries in the Danubian Iron Gates...
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Skeletal variation among Mesolithic people of the Ganga plains: new evidence of habitual activity and adaptation to climate.
Magazine article from: Asian Perspectives: the Journal of Archaeology for Asia and the Pacific; 9/22/2003; ; 700+ words
; THE PREHISTORIC CULTURAL PERIOD KNOWN AS MESOLITHIC initially referred to a hiatus...phase nomenclature, the label Mesolithic typically refers to cultures...diversification. In India, Mesolithic cultures exhibit high regional...
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Exploring Mesolithic times of moorland life.
Newspaper article from: Whitby Gazette (Whitby, England); 4/16/2008; 649 words
; ...The North East Yorkshire Mesolithic project will investigate areas...were previously inhabited by Mesolithic - middle stone age - people...how people lived during the period from 10,000 to 4,000BC...together a picture of what the Mesolithic environment was like. Research...
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Late Mesolithic fish traps from the Liffey estuary, Dublin, Ireland.(Research)(Table)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 9/1/2007; ; 700+ words
; ...important traces? Keywords: Mesolithic, Ireland, coppicing, CRM...Introduction In 2004 the remains of Late Mesolithic fish traps were discovered during...woodland management during the Late Mesolithic period. The fish traps were discovered...
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Antlers, bone pins and flint blades: the mesolithic cemeteries of Teviec and Hoedic, Brittany.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 6/1/1996; ; 700+ words
; ...the 0.3 to 0.5 m of Mesolithic deposits were apparently...undoubtedly the focus of Mesolithic settlement in the area. Additional Mesolithic sites in Brittany include...occupation early in the Atlantic period (Rozoy 1978: 819), while...
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Hunter-gatherer landscape archaeology: the Southern Hebrides Mesolithic Project 1988-98 (2 volumes). (book review)
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 3/1/2002; ; 700+ words
; ...relevant data. All the Mesolithic evidence acquired by the...appears to relate to the period c. 8100-6800 BP, well...occurrence of a narrow-blade Mesolithic in Scotland and well before the terminal Mesolithic as represented by the Oronsay...
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Peau noire, masques blancs: self-image in the Mesolithic-Neolithic transition in Scotland.
Magazine article from: Antiquity; 12/1/2000; ; 700+ words
; ...Pollard 1990). Traditionally, Mesolithic studies have focused on adaptive...before the Iron Age. The Late Mesolithic is thus suggested to have...social complexity in Late Mesolithic Scotland. Across Britain...archaeological record relating to this period is so great as to resemble...
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Mesolithic period
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Mesolithic period or Middle Stone Age, period in human...England. It occurs in the middle of the Mesolithic period. It is there that hafted axes, an...in Denmark, spans most of the late Mesolithic. It is also known as the kitchen...
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Mesolithic Ireland
Book article from: The Oxford Companion to Irish History
Mesolithic Ireland. The Mesolithic (Middle Stone Age) is the period defined by postglacial prefarming hunter‐...during the last Ice Age. It is therefore assumed that Mesolithic hunter‐gatherers were the first people...
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Mesolithic
Book article from: The Oxford Pocket Dictionary of Current English
...x2022; adj. Archaeol. of, relating to, or denoting the middle part of the Stone Age, between the Paleolithic and Neolithic. ∎ [as n. ] ( the Mesolithic ) the Mesolithic period. Also called Middle Stone Age .
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Mesolithic, the
Book article from: The Oxford Dictionary of Phrase and Fable
Mesolithic, the the Middle Stone Age...the end of the last glacial period ( c. 8500 bc) and the beginnings of agriculture. Mesolithic people lived by hunting, gathering, and fishing, and the period is characterized by the use...
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Neolithic period
Book article from: The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition
Neolithic period or New Stone Age. The...earlier Paleolithic or Mesolithic hunting, fishing, and...gathering cultures. The Mesolithic period in several areas...was probably begun by the Mesolithic Natufian peoples, leading...
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