Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (559 page)

A cave in the limestone hills flanking the Elwy Valley in North Wales excavated by Stephen Green between 1978 and 1980. Local igneous rock that is rather difficult to work was extensively used by the upper Acheulian communities in the area between about 230000 and 170000 years ago to make core tools such as handaxes, points, scrapers, and denticulates, some in the Levallois technique. Hominid remains with Neanderthal features representing at least three individuals were found. They date to about 180000 years ago and are the earliest finds of this kind in northern Europe.
[Rep.: H. S. Green , 1984,
Pontnewydd Cave—A lower Palaeolithic hominid site in Wales
. Cardiff: National Museum of Wales]

 
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A house set up by the parish authorities under the Elizabethan Poor Law to accommodate those poor people who could not be supported at home. Parish poorhouses were abolished by the Poor Law Amendment Act, 1834.

 
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A beaker shaped like the seed-head of a poppy plant in a grey or black fabric with a polished surface. It has an everted rim and the body is often decorated with panels of dots en
BARBOTINE
, or with
ROULETTING
. The largest sizes could be classified as jars.

 
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In sampling methods, the sum of all sampling units selected within a data universe.

 
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A fine form of pottery which is fired to a very high temperature in order to vitrify the clay.

 
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Small covered space over the entrance into a building.

 
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