How to Observe in Archaeology eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about How to Observe in Archaeology.

How to Observe in Archaeology eBook

This eBook from the Gutenberg Project consists of approximately 106 pages of information about How to Observe in Archaeology.

Babylon. 85, 90, 92 f. 
Babylonian period, 91. 
Bandar Bushir, 85. 
Barometer, 10, 33. 
Bavian, 83. 
Beads:  Cypriote, 56:  Egyptian, 78 f.; Greek, 41; Hittite, 60;
Mesopotamian, 88 ff.; Syrian, 64. 
Belt Jibrin, 73. 
Bitumen in Mesopotamia, 84, 88. 
Black-figured Greek pottery, 44. 
Bricks, 14 f.; in Egypt, 82; in Mesopotamia, 84-93. 
Bronze Age:  in Asia Minor, 48; in Cyprus, 56; in Greece, 36 f.; in
Mesopotamia, 88; in Syria, 60. 
Bronze, forgeries in, 24. 
Brooches (fibulae):  Greek, 40, 44; in Syria, 61 f. 
Bubastites, 79. 
Buildings, recording of, 14. 
Burials:  see Tombs. 
Buying, advice about. 24 f.

Calah, 92. 
Camera, 10 f. 
Casting in plaster, 19. 
Caves, 15, 72. 
Cemeteries, 15, 55, 70, 78:  see also Tombs. 
Chalcolithic period:  in Mesopotamia, 85:  in Syria, 59 f. 
Cisterns in Palestine, 77. 
Coins; in Cyprus, 58; in Egypt, 79; in Mesopotamia, 84, 92 ff.;
forgeries of, 24; making impressions of, 19 f; recording finds of, 9. 
Combs, Egyptian, 78. 
Committee, Archaeological Joint, 28. 
Compass, prismatic, 10. 
Copper:  in Mesopotamia, 88 f.; in Syria, 60. 
Copying, 17 ff. 
Corbelled arches, 40. 
‘Corinthian’ pottery, 41. 
Crete, 36; pottery from, in Palestine, 73. 
Crusaders’ churches in Palestine, 76. 
Ctesiphon, 84, 94. 
Cuneiform inscriptions:  in Asia Minor, 51; in Mesopotamia, 90 ff.

Cup-markings in Palestine, 77. 
Cyclopean walls, 40
Cylinders and cylinder-sealings:  in Cyprus, 56; in Egypt, 78;
Hittite, 60, 62, 64; in Mesopotamia, 89 ff. 
Cyprus, 54 ff.; Law of Antiquities, 97; pottery from, in Palestine,
73.

Dipylon period, 40. 
Dolmens in Palestine, 77. 
Drawing and copying, 17 f.

Egypt, 78-82; Law of Antiquities, 98. 
Egyptian hieroglyphics, 20; pottery in Palestine, 73; scarabs
imitated in Syria, 62; stone bowls, Mesopotamian pottery types
resembling, 88. 
Eridu, 85, 88. 
Excavations:  laws controlling, 95 ff.; unauthorized, 7.

Fara, 85, 88 f. 
Fibulae:  see Brooches. 
Figurines:  Cypriote, 55; Greek, 35, 40 f., 44 f.; Syrian, 60, 62, 64. 
Finds, importance of not breaking up, 9. 
Flint implements, 29 ff.:  see also Stone Age. 
Forgeries, 24 f.

Geometric bronze age ware in Greece, 36; period, 40. 
Glass; in Cyprus, 57; in Egypt, 78 ff.; in Mesopotamia, 91; in
Syria, 64. 
Glaze, Egyptian, 78 f.; imitated in Babylonia, 91. 
Greece, 35 ff., Law of Antiquities, 95.

Hatra, 84. 
Hebrew alphabets, 66. 
Hieroglyphics, copying of, 17, 20; Hittite, 51, 62. 
Hill sanctuaries in Palestine, 76. 
Hittite antiquities:  in Asia Minor, 51; in Syria, 59 ff.

Inscriptions:  copying of, 17, 20 f.; Aramaic, 63, 66, 93; cuneiform,
51, 87, in Cyprus, 57, Greek, 44, 51 f; Hittite, 51, 62; Latin, 53;
Lycian,51; Lydian, 51; in Palestinian tombs, 71; Semitic, 62, 66 f.,
87. 
Institutions, archaeological, 26 f. 
Iron Age:  in Asia Minor, 50; in Cyprus, 56; in Greece, 40; in
Mesopotamia, 91-93; in Syria, 60, 62. 
Itinerary, recording of, 13 f.

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