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  • Object[1,311]
  • no[1,311]
  • no[1,306]
  • yes[5]
  • american[695]
  • asian[1]
  • egyptian[39]
  • mediterranean[111]
  • near eastern[465]
  • bead[8]
  • button[3]
  • disc fragment[1]
  • ear disc[1]
  • ear plug[1]
  • ear spool[7]
  • fragment[1]
  • game stick[1]
  • incense burner[1]
  • lip plug[1]
  • ornament[1]
  • pendant[1]
  • sherd[1]
  • spindle[29]
  • spindle whorl[1,311]
  • spindles[2]
  • thread[5]
  • twine[2]
  • weaver's pick[1]
  • weaver's sword[1]
  • weaving tool[1]
  • weaving tools[1]
  • weight[2]
  • wood fragment[1]
  • work bag[1]
  • abydos[2]
  • ain jawan[48]
  • al 'ubaid[2]
  • ardea[2]
  • areika[4]
  • ayia paraskevi[37]
  • baq'ah valley[3]
  • bay islands[3]
  • beneath the temple[12]
  • beth shean[44]
  • beth shemesh[40]
  • bolivia[12]
  • bonaca[3]
  • brazil[21]
  • camutins[2]
  • cauca valley[6]
  • cerro de las mesas[7]
  • chalco[4]
  • chimbote[10]
  • cholula[11]
  • club hipico cemetery[2]
  • coatepec[4]
  • coatlinchan[16]
  • colima[3]
  • colombia[57]
  • crete[32]
  • crimea[5]
  • culhuacan[37]
  • cyprus[60]
  • descavaldos[3]
  • dhiban[4]
  • dinkha[2]
  • distrito federal[52]
  • egypt[40]
  • el-mahasna[3]
  • esski-kermen[2]
  • etruria[12]
  • fara[25]
  • gibeon[6]
  • gravefield i[18]
  • gravefield i, oldest part[76]
  • gravefield ii[5]
  • greece[32]
  • guajira peninsula[5]
  • guiana[2]
  • hajji firuz[44]
  • hasanlu[70]
  • hiw[3]
  • honduras[3]
  • hotu[10]
  • huaca el palmo[3]
  • huexotla[27]
  • iran[233]
  • iraq[73]
  • israel[84]
  • italy[17]
  • jordan[15]
  • lapithos[23]
  • lower santa valley[5]
  • manzanillo harbor[3]
  • marajo island[3]
  • marques[4]
  • matto grosso[3]
  • mazanderan province[10]
  • mexico (central america)[414]
  • mexico state[15]
  • mit-rahineh[22]
  • narce[7]
  • nareshan[3]
  • nazca district[5]
  • nippur[32]
  • northwest of the town[7]
  • nubia[5]
  • oaxaca[11]
  • oaxaca (mexican state)[5]
  • pachacamac[125]
  • palestine[6]
  • peru[169]
  • qabr sheykhan[46]
  • quintay[13]
  • rayy[22]
  • san apollo[5]
  • santarem[6]
  • saudi arabia[48]
  • sierra de perija[4]
  • state of mexico[24]
  • sun temple[3]
  • tal-i-bakun[19]
  • tall as-sa'idiyya[8]
  • tepe hissar[12]
  • tequis[7]
  • texcoco[21]
  • tiahuanaco[11]
  • uleri[4]
  • ur[14]
  • valley of mexico[51]
  • venezuela[9]
  • veracruz (mexico)[7]
  • vrokastro[32]
  • vulci[5]
  • abydos[1]
  • rayy[22]
  • 19th century[4]
  • assyrian[1]
  • bronze age[11]
  • byzantine[5]
  • early arabic[6]
  • early bronze ii[1]
  • early bronze iv[1]
  • egyptian predynastic period[4]
  • eighteenth dynasty[4]
  • geometric period[32]
  • hasanlu period iii[2]
  • hasanlu period iv[64]
  • hasanlu period vii[1]
  • hellenistic period[4]
  • hissar ii[4]
  • iron age[32]
  • iron age ia[4]
  • islamic i[1]
  • late bronze age[2]
  • late bronze ib[10]
  • late bronze iia[10]
  • late bronze iib[15]
  • lewis korn[1]
  • middle bronze i[1]
  • middle bronze iib[1]
  • middle bronze iic[1]
  • modern[5]
  • neolithic[2]
  • new kingdom[5]
  • nineteenth dynasty[1]
  • parthian period[1]
  • persian period[2]
  • prehistoric[11]
  • roman period[4]
  • sa'idiyya iii[2]
  • sa'idiyya iv[1]
  • sa'idiyya v[1]
  • sa'idiyya vi[2]
  • sa'idiyya vii[1]
  • seleucid[1]
  • toltec ii[1]
  • undetermined[1]
  • ur iii[3]
  • atacameno[3]
  • aztec[11]
  • chiriqui[1]
  • comechingones[1]
  • cypriot[22]
  • epigonal[2]
  • etruscan[12]
  • faliscan[7]
  • goajiro[1]
  • hellenistic[4]
  • inca[2]
  • jamamadi[1]
  • late inca[1]
  • late pre-inca[1]
  • macoa[4]
  • macusi[2]
  • marajoaro[3]
  • mexican[2]
  • mixtec[4]
  • prehistoric[1]
  • proto-nasca[1]
  • roman[4]
  • taino[1]
  • tarascan[4]
  • thai[1]
  • toltec[104]
  • totonacan[1]
  • zapotec[3]
  • amazonia[19]
  • andean[181]
  • caribbean[1]
  • central american[422]
  • circum-caribbean[17]
  • east brazil[2]
  • northwest coast culture area[1]
  • south american culture area[51]
  • 200.13[1]
  • 200.14w[1]
  • 200.15[1]
  • 200.16[1]
  • 200.18[1]
  • 310[1]
  • 330[1]
  • 350w[1]
  • 450[1]
  • 515[3]
  • 9/13[2]
  • ;[1]
  • an32[1]
  • belongings of a mummy[1]
  • bought on the spot[1]
  • burial cave a4[3]
  • c i plot[1]
  • castle[2]
  • cemetery 2, at or near surface[2]
  • cemetery south of arica; on the sea, beyond the "licera"[1]
  • central area rm152[1]
  • central fort[2]
  • cg 25[1]
  • covered in recent time.[1]
  • depth .40-.55[1]
  • depth 1.30-1.55[1]
  • depth 1.50[1]
  • depth 2.0-2.3[1]
  • depth 3.10-3.15[1]
  • depth 3.45[1]
  • depth 4.05-4.25 c.w.[1]
  • df 18[1]
  • df 19[1]
  • dg 10[2]
  • dump dirt[2]
  • ed 66[1]
  • ff 77[1]
  • fossa tomb[2]
  • found in the losened soil.[1]
  • found on a mummy in a very deep grave.[2]
  • found superficially[1]
  • found under floor[2]
  • from a mummy[17]
  • from a mummy.[9]
  • from the loosened soil.[2]
  • from the mummy of a girl[3]
  • grave 14[1]
  • grave 2[2]
  • grave 28[1]
  • grave 44[1]
  • grave i[1]
  • huaca in the southern corner of the valley of marques[1]
  • leel ii, d e 39, -2.6 to -2.95[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner annex, -6.10 to -6.75[1]
  • level i, d e 38-39, northwest corner, -6.05 to -6.5[2]
  • level i, d e 38-39, west, -6.10 to -6.65[1]
  • level ii or iii, f g 43, cist i, -5.75 to 6.10[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, -1.90[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, -2.00[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, north half, -4.4 to -4.7[1]
  • level ii, d e 38, south centre, -4.0 to 4.15[1]
  • level ii, d e 38-39, -2.3 to -3.75[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -.25 to -.50[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -.40, 1.10 to -.70, 1.40[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -1.1 to -1.3[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -1.1 to -1.6[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, -4.2 to -4.7[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, centre south, -4 to -4.6[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, centre south, -4.15 to -4.60[1]
  • level ii, d e 39, northeast quarter in passage, -3.1 to -3.2[1]
  • level ii, f g 42, s 5, -.80[1]
  • level ii, f g, 43; s. 2, -.70[1]
  • level ii, f i 96, -.40[1]
  • level ii, f i 96, -.40 to -.70[1]
  • level ii, h i 48, northwest quarter, 0 to -.35[1]
  • level iii, f g 43, pit 1, -4.30[1]
  • main gateway[1]
  • near huacho, inland[13]
  • obtained at lima.[1]
  • obtained at mamacona.[1]
  • obtained at san pedro[1]
  • ossuary 131[1]
  • period iii c[1]
  • pit grave[2]
  • plot b[1]
  • probably from a mummy[6]
  • rm100e[1]
  • rm140[1]
  • sassanian - parthian[3]
  • site "p"[19]
  • stone cist[2]
  • surface; 1.5 km ne of lagoon de la puja.[3]
  • tomb 19m?[2]
  • tomb 66[5]
  • tomb 71m[2]
  • tomb 802a[3]
  • tomb 803b[2]
  • tomb 805[3]
  • tomb 806a[4]
  • tomb 829c[2]
  • bird head[1]
  • centipede god?[1]
  • frog[1]
  • owl[1]
  • alabaster[16]
  • basalt[1]
  • bone[44]
  • bronze[1]
  • ceramic[415]
  • clay[130]
  • claystone[2]
  • copper[3]
  • copper alloy[1]
  • cotton[9]
  • diorite[4]
  • fiber[3]
  • frit[1]
  • glass[3]
  • granite[1]
  • ivory[7]
  • jade[1]
  • limestone[30]
  • marble (stone)[3]
  • mollusk shell[8]
  • mud[3]
  • onyx[1]
  • paint[1]
  • pigment[27]
  • quartz[2]
  • reed (plant)[6]
  • sandstone[6]
  • serpentine[10]
  • shale[1]
  • shell[6]
  • silver[3]
  • slate[2]
  • soapstone[5]
  • steatite[35]
  • stone[151]
  • talc[1]
  • terracotta[449]
  • thorn[1]
  • thread[3]
  • turquoise[1]
  • twine[1]
  • wood[34]
  • black polished[3]
  • black ware[1]
  • brown ware[3]
  • carved[4]
  • drilled[1]
  • engraved[5]
  • glazed[1]
  • ground[1]
  • impasto[5]
  • incised[101]
  • inlaid[5]
  • mould made[1]
  • painted[37]
  • perforated[2]
  • plain white[1]
  • polished[6]
  • polychrome[1]
  • red polished[15]
  • slipped[4]
  • unbaked[6]
  • yes[51]
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B2548

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73-5-244

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61-14-2403

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69-12-58

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15148

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6597

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15144

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28146

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29078

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28156B

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B9416

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28160

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28159

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61-14-2042

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93-25-105

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28114

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33-15-657

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58-37-61

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