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1Shaft construction — concerns the building of vertical openings such as Raises and Shafts. Shafts are vertical openings used for supplying equipment, personnel, and support systems to the horizontal tunnel where the pipeline is installed. They can be temporary or… …
2Shaft mining — Abandoned mine shafts in Marl, Germany. A …
3shaft grave — noun or shaft tomb : pit tomb * * * Archaeol. a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab. [1905 10] …
4shaft grave — Archaeol. a grave consisting of a deep, rectangular pit with vertical sides, roofed over with a stone slab. [1905 10] * * * …
5shaft graves — ▪ burial site, ancient Greece late Bronze Age (c. 1600–1450 BC) burial sites from the era in which the Greek mainland came under the cultural influence of Crete. The graves were those of royal or leading Greek families, unplundered and… …
6Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition — The Western Mexico shaft tomb tradition or shaft tomb culture refers to a set of interlocked cultural traits found in the western Mexican states of Jalisco, Nayarit, and, to a lesser extent, Colima to its south, roughly dating to the period… …
7Malagana — is located in the Colombian municipalty of Palmira, Valle del Cauca Malagana, also known as the Malagana Treasure is an archaeological site of Colombia named after the same name sugarcane estate where it was accidentally discovered in 1992… …
8boat nail — noun : a nail usually 3 to 10 inches long made with a large oval or round head or often a rosehead and of soft galvanized iron or of copper usually with a rectangular shaft tapering to a blunt or chisel point and capable of being effectively… …
9Aegean 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 …
10WAR AND WARFARE — TO THE DESTRUCTION OF THE FIRST TEMPLE The methods of offensive and defensive warfare developed side by side in the Ancient Near East. The development of weapons was dependent upon the supply of raw materials, such as stone, metal, and wood; the… …
