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• POTTERY — appears for the first time in the Neolithic period, around the middle of the sixth millennium B.C.E. For two reasons, it serves as a major tool for the archaeological study of the material culture of ancient man: first because of its extensive… …   Encyclopedia of Judaism

• Stone spheres of Costa Rica — Stone sphere in the courtyard of the National Museum of Costa Rica. The stone spheres (or stone balls) of Costa Rica are an assortment of over three hundred petrospheres in Costa Rica, located on the Diquis Delta and on Isla del Caño. Known… …   Wikipedia

• Stone Quarry Hill Art Park — is a public, outdoor art park located in Cazenovia, New York. It consists of 108 acres (44 ha) of land and over four miles of hiking trails. Founded by Dorothy and Robert Riester, it became an official venue in 1991 and is one of the first art… …   Wikipedia

• stone|ware — «STOHN WAIR», noun. a coarse, hard pottery. Stoneware is made from very siliceous clay, or a mixture of clay with a considerable amount of flint, sand, prefired clay, or the like, to give it greater strength, fired higher than earthenware (about… …   Useful english dictionary

• Stone Age — the period in the history of humankind, preceding the Bronze Age and the Iron Age, and marked by the use of stone implements and weapons: subdivided into the Paleolithic, Mesolithic, and Neolithic periods. [1860 65] * * * First known period of… …   Universalium

• Stone Age Poland — The Stone Age era on the lands of today s Poland lasted five hundred thousand years and involved three different human species. The Stone Age cultures ranged from early human groups with primitive tools to advanced agricultural societies using… …   Wikipedia

• pottery — /pot euh ree/, n., pl. potteries. 1. ceramic ware, esp. earthenware and stoneware. 2. the art or business of a potter; ceramics. 3. a place where earthen pots or vessels are made. [1475 85; POTTER1 + Y3] * * * I One of the oldest and most… …   Universalium

• Pottery — Pot and Pots redirect here. For Pot, see Pot (disambiguation). For POTS, see POTS (disambiguation). Unfired green ware pottery on a traditional drying rack at Conner Prairie living history museum …   Wikipedia

• Stone Age — The Stone Age is a broad prehistoric time period during which humans widely used stone for toolmaking.Stone tools were made from a variety of different kinds of stone. For example, flint and chert were shaped (or chipped ) for use as cutting… …   Wikipedia

• Stone circle — This article is about the European Megalithic stone circles. See Stone circle (disambiguation) for other uses. Swinside stone circle, in the Lake District, England. A stone circle is a monument of standing stones arranged in a circle usually… …   Wikipedia

• Stone Age Britain — The earliest archaeological remains found in Britain are tools thought to have been made before 12000 BC, when Britain was still attached to the rest of Europe. No human bones from this period were found until 1912 when a skull that had… …   Universalium