CH1
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megafilifunnysaur on January 10, 2012
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 APSE | SEMICIRCULAR RECESS IN AT EAST END OF CHURCH |
| BURCRANIUM | BOVINE SKULL |
| BURIN | POINTED TOOL FOR INSCRIBING |
| CHISEL | TOOL FOR CUTTING AND SHAPING WOOD |
| COMPOSITE VIEW | CONVENTION OF REPRESENTATION IN WHICH SUBJECT IS SHOWN FRONTALLY AND IN PROFILE |
| COMPOSITION | ARRANGEMENT OF OBJECTS IN A SPACE |
| CORBELED VAULT | STONE COURSES STACKED UNTIL THEY MEET IN AN ARCH |
| COURSE | HORIZONTAL ROW OF STONE BLOCKS |
| FINDSPOT | THE PLACE AN ARTIFACT IS FOUND |
| FREESTANDING SCULPTURE | SCULPTURE THAN CAN BE OBSERVED IN THREE DIMENSION |
| GROUND LINE | PAINTED OF SCULPTED LINE ON WHICH A SUBJECT APPEARS TO STAND |
| HENGE | CIRCULAR ARRANGEMENT OF MONOLITHS |
| INCISE | TO CUT INTO A SURFACE |
| LANDSCAPE | NATURAL SCENERY |
| LINTEL | HORIZONTAL BLOCK SPANNING AN OPENING |
| MEGALITH | "GREAT STONE" USED IN PRODUCTION OF STONE AGE MONUMENTAL STRUCTURES |
| MESOLITHIC | MIDDLE STONE AGE |
| MURAL | WALL PAINTING |
| NEOLITHIC | NEW STONE AGE |
| PALEOLITHIC | OLD STONE AGE, ART FIRST OBSERVED |
| PALETTE | SLAB ON WHICH PAINT IS LAYED, EGYPTIAN MAKEUP SLAB |
| PASSAGE GRAVE | PREHISTORIC TOMB WITH LONG PASSAGE TO BURIAL GRAVE |
| POST-AND-LINTEL SYSTEM | TWO POSTS SUPPORTING A LINTEL |
| RADIOCARBON DATING | USE OF CARBON ISOTOPES TO DATE OBJECTS |
| RELIEF | SUBJECTS PROJECTING FROM THE BACKGROUND OF WHICH THEY ARE PART |
| SCULPTURE IN THE ROUND | A SCULPTURE THAT CAN BE OBSERVED FROM ALL ANGLES |
| TERRACOTTA | HARDBAKED CLAY |
| TRILITHONS | MONOLITHS TOPPED WITH A LINTEL |
| TUMULUS | BURIAL MOUND |
| TWISTED PERSPECTIVE | CONVENTION OF REPRESENTATION IN WHICH SUBJECT IS SHOWN FRONTALLY AND IN PROFILE |
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