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31Cittacotte — Cittacotte: Palermo s Porta Nuova represented in three phases of the making process The cittacotte are miniature copies of historical or monumental buildings of Palermo and other Italian cities made only in terracotta. The word cittacotte was… …
32tile — tilelike, adj. /tuyl/, n., v., tiled, tiling. n. 1. a thin slab or bent piece of baked clay, sometimes painted or glazed, used for various purposes, as to form one of the units of a roof covering, floor, or revetment. 2. any of various similar… …
33art and architecture, Mesopotamian — Introduction the art and architecture of the ancient Mesopotamian civilizations. The name Mesopotamia has been used with varying connotations by ancient writers. If, for convenience, it is to be considered synonymous with the modern… …
34Bi Sheng — Bì Shēng (zh tsw|t=畢昇|s=毕升|w=Pì Shēng; 990 1051 AD) was the inventor of the first known movable type printing system. Bi Sheng s type was made of baked clay and was invented between 1041 and 1048 in China.Movable type printingBi Sheng was a… …
35marble — marbler, n. /mahr beuhl/, n., adj., v., marbled, marbling. n. 1. metamorphosed limestone, consisting chiefly of recrystallized calcite or dolomite, capable of taking a high polish, occurring in a wide range of colors and variegations and used in… …
36Aegean civilizations — The Bronze Age civilizations that arose and flourished с 3000–1000 BC in the region bordering the Aegean Sea. They included Crete, the Cyclades, the Greek mainland south from Thessaly, including the Peloponnese, and Macedonia, Thrace, and western …
37Anthropology and Archaeology — ▪ 2009 Introduction Anthropology Among the key developments in 2008 in the field of physical anthropology was the discovery by a large interdisciplinary team of Spanish and American scientists in northern Spain of a partial mandible (lower… …
38brick — [brik] n. [ME brike < MDu < breken, BREAK (in sense “piece of baked clay”) & MFr brique < OFr, of same orig.] 1. a substance made from clay molded into oblong blocks and fired in a kiln or baked in the sun, used in building, paving, etc …
39Dhani and villages — Dhani redirects here. For the American football player and television host, see Dhani Jones. For the Indonesian air marshal, see Omar Dhani. This article describes the usual characteristics of dhani and villages, particularly as found in… …
40pottery — pot|ter|y [ˈpɔtəri US ˈpa: ] n plural potteries 1.) [U] objects made out of baked clay ▪ Native American pottery 2.) [U] clay that has been shaped and baked in order to make pots, dishes etc ▪ a pottery bowl 3.) [U] the activity of making pots,… …
