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Native Peoples of North America
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Native Peoples of North America

The Native Peoples of North America (also known as American Indians, Native Americans, Indigenous Americans, and First Americans) are the original inhabitants of North America believed to have migrated into the region between 40,000-14,000...
Votive Statuette from the Archaic Buildings of the Ishtar Temple
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Votive Statuette from the Archaic Buildings of the Ishtar Temple

Only the upper half of this small female terracotta statuette has survived. The woman wears a hat and a necklace and covers her naked breasts with her hands. The Archaic buildings of the Ishtar Temple were in use from 2500-2000 BCE. From...
Votive Toy from the Archaic Buildings of the Ishtar Temple
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Votive Toy from the Archaic Buildings of the Ishtar Temple

This small terracotta toy in the shape of a wagon was a votive donation to the goddess Ishtar. The Archaic buildings of the Ishtar temple were in use from 2500-2000 BCE. From the Archaic temples (or buildings) of Ishtar at the city of Ashur...
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Kouros (youth), Archaic Greek, c. 590--580 B.C.E.

More free lessons at: http://www.khanacademy.org/video?v=JCTPh_QDlCY Kouros (youth), Archaic Greek, Attic, ca. 590—580 B.C.E. (Metropolitan Museum of Art) Speakers: Monica Hahn, Brian Seymour
Ruins of Archaic Thera
Image by Thomas Huston

Ruins of Archaic Thera

The ruins of Archaic Thera on Santorini, Greece.
Pre-Colonial North America
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Pre-Colonial North America

Pre-Colonial North America (also known as Pre-Columbian, Prehistoric, and Precontact) is the period between the migration of the Paleo-Indians to the region between 40,000-14,000 years ago and contact between indigenous tribes and European...
Pinson Mounds
Definition by Joshua J. Mark

Pinson Mounds

The Pinson Mounds are a State Archeological Park in Madison County, Tennessee, USA enclosing a prehistoric Native American religious site comprising earthen mounds built during the Middle Woodland Period (c. 200 BCE - 500 CE). Although there...
Cuneiform Archaic Signs
Image by Osama Shukir Muhammed Amin

Cuneiform Archaic Signs

Since very ancient inscriptions would often come to light during building and restoration work, Mesopotamian scribes possessed some understanding of the pictographic origin of their script. The text on this clay tablet is an attempt to provide...
Archaic Burials in the Roman Forum - Ancient Rome Live
Video by American Institute for Roman Culture

Archaic Burials in the Roman Forum - Ancient Rome Live

In the Roman Forum, next to the Temple of Faustina and Antoninus Pius (r. 138-161 CE) and Faustina, along the Via Sacra, 19th Century CE excavators discovered a burial ground dating back to primordial Rome: 9th- 6th Centuries BCE. An incredible...
Hei Tiki
Article by Kim Martins

Hei Tiki

The hei tiki is a small personal adornment, fashioned by hand from tough pounamu (New Zealand greenstone or nephrite jade), and is worn around the neck. Hei means something looped around the neck, and tiki is a generic word used throughout...
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