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31Archaic period in the Americas — In the sequence of North American pre Columbian cultural stages first proposed by Gordon Willey and Philip Phillips in 1958,[1] the Archaic stage or Meso Indian period [2] was the second period of human occupation in the Americas, from around… …
32Archaic culture — any of the ancient cultures of North or South America that developed from Paleo Indian traditions and led to the adoption of agriculture. Archaic cultures are defined by a group of common characteristics rather than a particular time period or… …
33Archaic (band) — Infobox musical artist Name = The Archaic Img capt = blitz Background = group or band Origin = Flagicon|Hungary Budapest, Hungary Genre = death metal, alternative metal, thrash metal, nu metal Years active = Archaic 2004–present Label = Looking… …
34Archaic smile — The Archaic smile was used by Greek Archaic sculptors, especially in the second quarter of the sixth century BCE, possibly to suggest that their subject was alive, and infused with a sense of well being. To viewers habituated to realism, the… …
35Archaic Period — The name Archaic Period is given by archaeologists to the earliest periods of a culture. In particular, it may refer to:* the Archaic period in the Americas (8000 BC ndash;1000 BC) * the Archaic period in Greece (750 BC ndash;480 BC) * the Early… …
36Archaic Southwest — The Archaic Southwest is a term used to describe the culture of the southwestern United States between 6500 BC and 200 AD (approximately).The Paleo Indian tradition before that dates from 10,500 BC to 7500 BC. The Southwestern United States… …
37archaic period — ➡ Pre Columbian North America * * * ▪ art history in history and archaeology, the earliest phases of a culture; the term is most frequently used by art historians to denote the period of artistic development in Greece from about 650 to 480… …
38archaic smile — Fine Arts. a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by slightly upturned corners of the lips, found esp. on Greek sculpture produced prior to the 5th century B.C. [1900 05] * * * ▪ Greek sculpture the smile that… …
39archaic smile — noun : a facial expression determined by prominent cheekbones and upturned mouth corners and resembling a smile used especially in ref. to archaic Greek sculpture * * * Fine Arts. a conventional representation of the mouth characterized by… …
40archaic — Synonyms and related words: Gothic, Victorian, abandoned, abjured, antediluvian, antiquated, antique, behind the times, bygone, classical, dated, deserted, discontinued, disused, done with, fossil, fossilized, grown old, medieval, mid Victorian,… …
