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Ziggurats

A common feature in ancient Mesopotamian cities, a ziggurat was a square or rectilinear terraced platform with a temple at its summit. A stairway or ramp led from the ziggurat’s base to the temple, the residence of the city’s patron deity. Ziggurats vary in form and style; some of the largest and best-understood ziggurats have […]

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Zapotecs

The Zapotec are an ethnic group that has long inhabited modern Oaxaca in Mexico. The ancient Zapotec produced one of Mesoamerica’s earliest civilizations, replete with cities, monumental architecture, writing and calendrical systems, accomplished artisans, complex sociopolitical organization, and far-reaching economic ties. Contemporary Zapotec peoples refer to their ancestors as binni gula’sa’ (or Ben Zaa), the […]

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Zande

The Zande (or Azande, using the Zande plural prefix a-) are popular in anthropological literature thanks to the works of prominent British ethnographer, E. E. Evans-Pritchard. They are well known for the brilliant political success of their noble clans, their Trickster tales, their music, and especially for their beliefs in witchcraft, magic, and oracles. The […]

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Zafarraya Cave

Zafarraya is a Mousterian site located within the El Boquete de Zafarraya (The Zafarraya Pass) of the Sierra Tejeda Mountains in the northeastern portion of the Malaga province of southern Spain, near the border of the town of Alcaucin. Five layers of archaeological material typed to the Mousterian were identified during initial excavations (1980-1983) by […]

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Y-STR DNA

Y-STR is a relatively new term for geneticists, becoming common in DNA literature in the second half of the 1990s. The Y stands for the male chromosome, which, as a reproducing cell, does not recombine. STR is an abbreviation for short tandem repeat. Compared to other polymorphisms (different forms of the same trait), STR refers […]

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