Términos

Antiguos vasos cuya figura recuerda la forma de una lámpara de aceite. Presentan picos prominentes y parecen haber sido contenedores especializados diseñados para el llenado de las lámparas de aceite con un suministro fresco de aceite de oliva. La mayoría de las lámparas se hicieron con un hueco en el disco (la cobertura redonda y sellada del depósito) para que el relleno no molestara la mecha que surgía de la boquilla.

Nationality or culture of Guyana (formerly British Guiana), on the northern coast of South America.

Seamounts with flat tops.

Úsese para describir obras producidas por el grupo étnico africano de mismo nombre que habita la región de lagunas de Costa de Marfil.

Genus of the New World vulture family containing a single species, Gymnogyps californianus, the California condor.

Vulture species formerly common in the mountains of the western United States. Once nearly extinct, the species has been sustained by breeding in captivity. A carefully controlled conservation program has led to inreasing numbers of birds released into the wild.

Order of serpent-like amphibians, having a compact skull for burrowing with many compound bones, limbs or girdles, a persistent notochord, typically having naked skin (although some have scales), complete metamorphosis like frogs and toads, a compact skull, and lidless tiny eyes nearly hidden by the skin. Dates from Early Jurassic to present, with six extant families and about 170 living species.

Vascular plants such as conifers, cycads, ginkgo and others that reproduce by means of an exposed seed or ovule, as opposed to an angiosperm or flowering plant, which have seeds enclosed by mature ovaries or fruits. Gymnosperm seeds develop either on the surface of scale- or leaf-like appendages of cones, or at the end of short stalks. In early classification schemes, Gymnospermae were regarded as a taxonomic group, although modern classifications recognize that the fossil record suggests that angiosperms are nested within gymnosperms (thus living gymnosperms are not actually a clade).

Animal-drawn caravans of the types used by gypsies or Irish travellers.

Barrera en forma de trinchera o valla hundida; por lo general, utilizada para prevenir al ganado de algún cruce.

Se refiere al estilo de cerámica fabricado por campesinos en Hungría y Moravia (República Checa) a fines de los siglos XVI hasta fines del siglo XVII. Ofrece flores lozanas y estilizadas, animales y figuras aplicadas a jarros característicamente globulares y de cuello corto y platos con un reborde liso ancho.