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  • guatemala[16]
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  • lapithos[4]
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  • narce[3]
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  • nippur[14]
  • northwest of the town[6]
  • nubia[12]
  • pachacamac[53]
  • palestine[7]
  • peru[53]
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  • savoie[11]
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  • susa (iran)[16]
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  • tall as-sa'idiyya[5]
  • tepe gawra[255]
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  • tureng[6]
  • unhost[2]
  • ur[31]
  • varharvo mound[2]
  • wollishofen[2]
  • zurich canton[3]
  • kourion[24]
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  • 16th century[1]
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  • billa i[5]
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  • billa v[1]
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  • bohemian bronze age i[1]
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  • bronze age[13]
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  • gawra vi[5]
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  • gawra x[11]
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  • gawra xii[49]
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  • gawra xiii[2]
  • halaf period[1]
  • hallstatt i[1]
  • hasanlu period iv[2]
  • hellenistic[13]
  • hellenistic period[3]
  • hissar i[7]
  • hissar ia[5]
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  • hissar ii[5]
  • hissar iia[2]
  • hissar iib[1]
  • hissar iii[23]
  • hissar iiia[9]
  • hissar iiib[2]
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  • iron age[3]
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  • iron age ib[40]
  • iron age iia[37]
  • iron age iib[28]
  • islamic[4]
  • islamic i[1]
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  • late 19th century[1]
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  • late bronze ib[27]
  • late bronze iia[27]
  • late bronze iib[15]
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  • late cypriot ia:2[6]
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  • late cypriot iia[2]
  • late cypriot iib[2]
  • late cypriot iiia[1]
  • late cypriot iiib[1]
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  • late minoan i[4]
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  • middle bronze age[4]
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  • middle bronze iic[7]
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  • roman period[51]
  • sa'idiyya v[5]
  • third intermediate period[1]
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  • twenty-second dynasty[1]
  • unetice[1]
  • bohemian bronze age i[1]
  • bohemian eneolithic[1]
  • bronze age[11]
  • chalchihuites[2]
  • chiriqui[1]
  • cypriot[28]
  • egyptian[4]
  • etruscan[5]
  • faliscan[4]
  • hallstatt culture[1]
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  • hellenistic[3]
  • highland maya[1]
  • hopi[1]
  • hopi-tewa[2]
  • iron age[5]
  • islamic[1]
  • italic[1]
  • lake dweller[1]
  • late harappan[2]
  • medieval[1]
  • meroitic[12]
  • minoan[7]
  • mycenean[1]
  • neolithic[4]
  • pokomam[1]
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  • swiss[1]
  • swiss lake dweller[21]
  • andean[53]
  • central american[20]
  • southwest culture area[4]
  • 10 m [10 h][1]
  • 1183, e. of s. temple on level v[1]
  • 6 j[1]
  • 6 m[1]
  • 8 m [10 k][1]
  • 9 j [12 j][1]
  • 9 m[1]
  • [10 j][1]
  • [10 m][1]
  • [12 m][1]
  • [9 h] 10 'o'[1]
  • area a-d:2[1]
  • area e-d:1f[1]
  • below tuthmosis iii temple on level ix[2]
  • bought on the spot[1]
  • c.n. 260[4]
  • c.n. 260, loculus b[1]
  • c.n. 260, loculus below 262[4]
  • c.n. 295[1]
  • c.n. 295, entrance[1]
  • c.n. debris, above 255[3]
  • celle necropolis[1]
  • cg 25[1]
  • cg 95[1]
  • cn iv, debris s.w. of tomb 219[1]
  • cultural pit[2]
  • depth .15-.45[1]
  • depth .20[1]
  • depth .25-.45[1]
  • depth .60-.80[1]
  • depth .70-.85[1]
  • depth 0- .25 n.e.[1]
  • depth 2.15-[1]
  • depth 2.50-2.95 c.w.[1]
  • depth 2.65-2.80[1]
  • df 09[2]
  • dg 00[3]
  • dg 36[4]
  • dump[4]
  • from a mummy[4]
  • g 27, level vi[3]
  • g 293[7]
  • g284[2]
  • halaf period[7]
  • i l[2]
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  • i o[4]
  • ii m[9]
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  • j a[5]
  • k a[3]
  • level 6[2]
  • level 7[20]
  • level 8[23]
  • level 8 a[2]
  • level 8, trial trench[3]
  • level 9[2]
  • level intrusive xi[2]
  • level ix[4]
  • level sub xi[12]
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  • level xa[3]
  • level xi[29]
  • level xi a[9]
  • level xia[15]
  • level xii[45]
  • m a[6]
  • m e[2]
  • n.w. of room 1507[5]
  • o f[2]
  • o g[2]
  • obtained at mamacona.[3]
  • period ii[3]
  • period iii[11]
  • period iii c[2]
  • r 13, level ii[2]
  • room 1601[3]
  • surface[4]
  • tepe gawra, 4 '0' [9 p][6]
  • tepe gawra, 4 m [10 p][6]
  • tepe gawra, 4 q [8 p][4]
  • tepe gawra, 5 '0' [9 n][9]
  • tepe gawra, 5 j [12 n][4]
  • tepe gawra, 5 k[12]
  • tepe gawra, 5 k [11 n][3]
  • tepe gawra, 5 m [10 n][6]
  • tepe gawra, 5 q [8 n][3]
  • tepe gawra, 6 '0' [9 m][5]
  • tepe gawra, 6 g [13 m][4]
  • tepe gawra, 6 g-j [12-13 m][2]
  • tepe gawra, 6 k [11 m][9]
  • tepe gawra, 6 m [10 m][8]
  • tepe gawra, 6 q [8 m][3]
  • tepe gawra, 7 k [11 l][2]
  • tepe gawra, 7 q [8 l][5]
  • tepe gawra, area a[7]
  • tomb 1[3]
  • tomb 2[4]
  • tomb 815c[2]
  • bird[1]
  • wheel?[2]
  • alabaster[36]
  • amber[1]
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  • bitumen[2]
  • bone[127]
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  • brown stone[4]
  • carnelian[4]
  • ceramic[136]
  • clay[34]
  • copper[4]
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  • fruit[1]
  • fur[1]
  • glass[12]
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  • iron[1]
  • ivory[65]
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  • limestone[31]
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  • pigment[1]
  • reed (plant)[1]
  • sandstone[7]
  • serpentine[16]
  • shale[1]
  • shell[6]
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  • steatite[26]
  • stone[106]
  • talc[1]
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  • wood[26]
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  • slipped[2]
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  • yes[281]
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