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necropolis (pl. necropoleis) cemetery; literally "city of the dead"

New Archaeology approach advocated in the 1960s, which argued for an explicitly scientific framework of archaeological method and theory, with hypotheses rigorously tested; it promoted an emphasis on culture process, understanding how and why change occurred, rather than simple description; also called processual archaeology

Nihongi history of the Yamoto kingdom of Japan, compiled in the early 8th century AD

nosed-end scraper stone tool with a protruding working end

notch denticulate tool with single indentation


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