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Gotovaya baza dannih biblioteka access. Library of Congress Cataloging-in-PublicationData A dictionary of archaeology / edited by Ian Shaw and Robert Jameson. Includes bibliographical references. ISBN 0–631–17423–0(alk. Shaw, Ian, 1961–. Jameson, Robert. CC70.D53 1999 930.1'03—dc CIP. Figures 1 Abu Ghurob Plan and reconstruction drawing of the sun temple of Nyuserra at Abu Ghurob, Egypt.

Stevenson Smith: The art and architecture of ancient Egypt, 2nd edn (Harmondsworth: Pelican, 1981), figs 124, 125. 2 Abydos Schematic plan of the area of late Gerzean settlement excavated by Eric Peet at Abydos, Egypt. Hoffman: Egypt before the pharaohs (London: Ark, 1980), fig. 3 Altyn-depe Plan of the mound at Altyn-depe,Southern Turkmenistan, showing the main features of the Eneolithic–BronzeAge settlement. Masson: Altyn-depe:Raskopki goroda bronzovogo veka v Juzhnom Turkmenistane (Leningrad, 1991).

4 An-yang (A) Plan of typical royal burials (M1129, M1400 and M1422) at Hsi-pei-kang,Anyang, with long ramps leading down to the tombs, and numerous single and multiple burials arranged alongside; (B) structural model of the An-yangurban network during the Shang period, based on archaeological foci. Source: Chang Kwang-chih: Shang China (New Haven and London, 1980), p. 5 Asmar, Tell Limestone statues of worshippers, 0.34 m high, with eyeballs of inlaid shell, found buried in the shrine of an Early Dynastic temple at Tell Asmar. Green: Gods, demons and symbols of ancient Mesopotamia: an illustrated dictionary (BMP, 1992), fig.

6 Axum Granite stele, Axum, Ethiopia. Connah: African civilizations (Cambridge University Press, 1987), fig. 7 Ban Chiang Late Period painted pottery from Ban Chiang, southeast Asia, showing the great variety of decorative motifs. Source: C.F.W.

Higham: The archaeology of mainland Southeast Asia (Cambridge, 1989), fig. 8 Boxgrove Plot of the results of a discriminant. ILLUSTRATIONS vii showing the completed burial chamber as it was being roofed in (painting by Caroline Sassoon). Source: Thurstan Shaw. 24 inductively coupled plasma-atomicemission spectrometry (ICP–AES) Schematic diagram of an inductively coupled plasma-atomic (ICP) system. Thompson, and J.N.

Walsh: A handbook of inductively coupled plasma spectrometry (London: Blackie, 1983), fig. 25 Japan, 4 (a) Kofun-periodbronze mirror found in the mounded tomb of Kannonyama No. 51, Hyogo prefecture, and map of mainland Japan showing the distribution of mirrors of the same type, as well as the location of Tsubai Otsukayama tomb which may well be the epicentre of the distribution, (b) contour plans of three typical examples of the characteristic ‘keyhole shaped’ tombs of the Kofun period in Japan, and map showing concentrations of keyhole-shapedtombs on the Japanese mainland. Harunari and S.