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| improve the hardness and elasticity of (steel or other metal) by reheating and then cooling it. |
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| is a liquid mixture or slurry of clay and/or other materials suspended in water. It has many uses in the production of pottery. |
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| is the plastic deformation of a surface due to sliding contact with another object. |
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is a method for determining the age of an object containing organic material by using the properties of radiocarbon (14
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| neutron activation analysis |
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| is a nuclear process used for determining the concentrations of elements in a vast amount of materials. |
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| is a form of luminescence that is exhibited by certain crystalline materials, such as some minerals, when previously absorbed energy from electromagnetic radiation or other ionizing radiation is re-emitted as light upon heating of the material. |
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| is a form of luminescence that is exhibited by certain crystalline materials, such as some minerals, when previously absorbed energy from electromagnetic radiation or other ionizing radiation is re-emitted as light upon heating of the material. |
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| is a system of writing first developed by the ancient Sumerians of Mesopotamia c. 3500-3000 BCE. |
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| is the mineral form of iron(III) oxide (Fe2O3), one of several iron oxides. |
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| is a chemical element with symbol Mn and atomic number 25. It is not found as a free element in nature; it is often found in minerals in combination with iron. |
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| is a roughly conical container from which fluids were intended to be drunk or to be poured in some ceremony such as libation, or merely at table. |
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| is a typically flattened protuberance, a knob or extrusion located on the side of a ceramics, jug, glass, vase, or other container. |
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| having a ridge or shaped like a ridge or suggesting the keel of a ship; "a carinate sepal" |
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| was a funerary figurine used in Ancient Egypt. |
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| is a dark-coloured pottery with a glossy appearance and incised ornament |
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| is a type of ceramic vessel common among several Pre-Columbian cultures of South America beginning in the early 2nd millennium BCE. |
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