Términos

Úsese para describir obras por el grupo étnico árabe del mismo nombre que vive como pastores en el Lago Chad en la región de África occidental.

Members of a genus containing three species in of North American birds in the chat-thrush group distinguished by having coloration that is blue or blue with red breasts; female birds are less brightly colored than males, although color patterns are similar.

Se refiere a los estilos de cerámica encontrados en el sitio de Tepe Sialk en la meseta central Iraní que data de aproximadamente 6000 al 3000 a.C. Los estilos diferentes corresponden a cada una de las cuatro fases de la serie de asentamientos descubiertas en excavaciones, pero generalmente la cerámica es conocida por su compleja decoración pintada.

Style and culture of Siberia, particularly to that of any of the large number of small ethnic groups living in Siberia. Most engage either in reindeer herding or fishing, while some also hunt furbearing animals or farm and raise horses or cattle.

In a thersaurus, a sibling is a record that shares the same immediate broader context (one level higher) as other records. Siblings are subordinate to the same broader concept and are at the same hierarchical level.

Madera de las especies Caesalpinia sappan, nativas de Sri Lanka, India y Malaya.

Ancient inhabitants of Sicily in the area west of the Gelas River. According to ancient Greek writers, the Sicani were the aboriginal inhabitants of central Sicily, as distinguished from the Siculi of eastern Sicily and the Elymi of western Sicily. Archaeologically there is no substantial difference between Sicani and Siculi (Sicels) in historical times, but the Greek historian Thucydides believed the Sicani to be Iberians from Spain who were driven by the invading Siculi into the central parts of the island.

Numeric codes for serials; comprising the ISSN number, numerical and chronological designations, title code, and other details.

Nationality, culture, and style of the inhabitants of the island of Sicily, the largest in the Mediterranean, separated from the SW tip of Italy by the narrow Strait of Messina. Strategically positioned between Africa and Europe, Sicily has long been a center of trade routes between East and West and a crossroads for races, peoples and cultures.

Se refiere a un estilo de cerámica que se desarrolló en la isla de Sicilia y se encuentra en otros lugares, incluyendo Campania. Data de principios del siglo V a.C hasta fines del siglo IV a.C. El estilo varía de pintor a pintor, pero generalmente se caracteriza por el uso del estilo de figura roja, la adición de otros colores, una preferencia para las escenas del género por encima de los temas mitológicos y la incorporación de detalles sicilianos distintivos, por ejemplo, una corona de hiedra pintada alrededor del borde de los kraters.

Flint tools of the Bronze Age, which may have been used for various purposes such as cutting meat or harvesting grain.

Antigua moneda persa de plata, equivalente a un veinteavo de un dárico y acuñada desde el 515 a 331 a.C. aprox.

Madera de color blanco a blanco amarillento de la especie Acer pseudoplatanus, tiene un grano recto y hasta textura. Es originaria de Europa central y Asia occidental, pero se introdujo en Gran Bretaña en el siglo XV. Se utiliza para torneado, bobinas, mangos de cepillos, incrustaciones, chapa, y carpintería. Para otras maderas a veces llamados simplemente "sicómoro", use "sicomoro" para madera de Ficus sycamorus y "sicómoro americano" para madera de la especie de árbol plano Platanus occidentalis.

Culture and style of the ancient Siculi people who inhabited eastern Sicily, and for whom the island is named. They may have been relative latecomers to Sicily, arriving from mainland Italy. They are hard to identify archaeologically, although some words of their Indo-European language are known.

Nationality, styles, and culture of ancient Sicyon, in the northern Peloponnesus.