Dictionary of Artifacts.pdf

DICTIONARY OF ARTIFACTS

DICTIONARY OF

ARTIFACTS

Barbara Ann Kipfer

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First published 2007 by Blackwell Publishing Ltd

1 2007

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kipfer, Barbara Ann.

Dictionary of artifacts / Barbara Ann Kipfer.

p. cm.

ISBN-13: 978-1-4051-1887-3 (hardback : alk. paper)

ISBN-10: 1-4051-1887-3 (hardback : alk. paper) 1. Antiquities—

Dictionaries. 2. Archaeology—Dictionaries. I. Title.

CC70.K55 2007

930.103—dc22

2006034639

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CONTENTS

Preface, vii

Acknowledgments, ix

Entries, 1