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(historical) In ancient Roman construction, an earthwork; a mound or raised work.
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(archaeology) Any of a ring of early chalk pits at Stonehenge, of unknown purpose.
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A tumulus shaped like an inverted bowl.
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(archaeology) The site of a former structure, indicated by an assemblage of features, artifacts or debris, remote-sensing data, or historic records (e.g., deed records).
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(transitive) To store in a cellar.
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(historical) A cellar used for storage in an abbey.
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(archaeology) A crypt cut into rock, chalk, or a tree trunk, especially a coffin formed by placing stone slabs on edge and topping them with a horizontal slab or slabs.
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Alternative form of kistvaen [(archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.]
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Alternative form of combe [A valley, often wooded and often with no river]
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Alternative form of cromlech [A dolmen or ancient underground tomb in Wales, usually made with stones disposed in a circular shape.]
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(archaeology) A long ditch or trench of unknown function, constructed in Neolithic Britain and Ireland.
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An archeological or paleontological investigation, or the site where such an investigation is taking place.
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(obsolete, poetic) A building; a house; an edifice.
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A kind of pre-Nuragic chamber tomb found in Sardinia.
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Any structure made from earth; especially an embankment or rampart used as a fortification.
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(countable) A site where an archaeological exploration is being carried out.
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(archaeology) A pit, trench, shovel test hole, (etc.) or other result of scientific excavation.
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A type of high quality brick used for the fronts of buildings; also, in collective sense, as a type of building material.
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(archaeology) Something discerned from physical evidence that helps define, identify, characterize, and interpret an archeological site.
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(archaeology) The location at which an item was found.
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(US and Canada, especially East Coast US and Florida) Synonym of sunroom, especially one without heating and enclosed with screens rather than glass windows.
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(art) A curvilinear line fundamental to Native American art of the Pacific Northwest.
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A prehistoric enclosure in the form of a circle or circular arc defined by a raised circular bank and a circular ditch usually running inside the bank, with one or more entrances leading into the enclosed open space.
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(archaeology) The open space between the inner and outer shells of a dome or cupola of masonry.
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(archaeology) A stone coffin in the form of a pit covered with earth and surrounded by stones.
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(chiefly Forteana) A supposed alignment of ancient sacred sites, such as megalith structures, along straight lines of mystical power.
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(archaeology) A bank of earth that slowly builds up on the lower slope of a ploughed field; a feature of ancient field systems.
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(archaeology) A natural (not man-made) object of an excavation site, which was originally brought into the site by humans.
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(by extension) A gloomy, usually large room or building.
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(archaeology) A prehistoric pile of bones and shells.
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(historical) An Ancient Roman mausoleum.
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The construction of mounds, as by certain Native American peoples for ceremonial or burial purposes.
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Resembling a wall; perpendicular or steep.
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(horticulture) A flowerbed, particularly an elevated one.
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One or more burial chambers covered by earth or stone and having a narrow access passage made of large stones. These structures usually date from the Neolithic Age, and are found largely in Western Europe.
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(archaeology) A hole or trench in the ground, excavated according to grid coordinates, so that the provenance of any feature observed and any specimen or artifact revealed may be established by precise measurement.
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Any of a set of laws describing the structure of soap films.
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A mass grave or communal tomb.
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(archaeology) An infilled soil cavity interpreted to be the result of a humanmade post that was once embedded in the ground.
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(archaeology) The remains of an upright timber placed in a posthole.
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(archaeology) A smoothed (e.g., troweled or brushed) vertical surface of an excavation showing evidence of at least one feature or diagnostic specimen; the graphic recording of such as by sketching, photographing, etc.
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A set of ancient pyramidal-shaped constructions in Egypt, mostly built as tombs for the pharaohs.
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Alternative form of rock shelter [(archaeology) A shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff, a frequent location of prehistoric archeological sites.]
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To cellar (food) in a root cellar.
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(not comparable) Of or pertaining to a shelving; having shelves.
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(archaeology) An excavation unit of small extent and shallow depth, made quickly with a shovel or trowel to determine whether archeologically significant material is present below the ground surface.
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(archaeology) A small test excavation or test pit to examine the stratigraphy of a site; a deeper investigation of a small part of a larger trench.
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(archaeology) A hill or mound, originally and especially in the Middle East, over or consisting of the ruins of ancient settlements.
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(archaeology) A hill, a tell.
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A dome-shaped tomb from the Mycenaean period of Ancient Greece.
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(archaeology) A pit, usually rectangular with smooth walls and floor, excavated during an archaeological investigation.
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(archaeology) A triangle-shaped cut in a tell, used to see how many levels there are or to find information about each separate settlement.
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(archaeology) A mound of earth, especially one placed over a prehistoric tomb; a barrow.
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(archaeology) An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym
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A process or act of creating a wallscape: painting it or attaching it onto a wall.
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A kind of Irish chamber tomb with the burial chamber narrowed at one end.
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(archaeology, rare) A period of the Neolithic in Malta during which megalithic temples were built.
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