Términos

Members of a species of crested birds found from southern Europe and Africa to southeastern Asia, the sole extant members of the family Upupidae. The birds are pinkish brown on the head and shoulders, with a long, black-tipped, erectile crest and black-and-white barred wings and tail. In the ancient Greek legend of Philomela, Tereus is a wicked king who is transformed into a hoopoe.

Family with one living member, the hoopoe of Eurasia.

Large language family of Eurasia, comprising languages and major dialects spoken by Caucasoid and Mongoloid populations in a territory extending from northern and central Europe in the west, to western and southern Siberia.

Elemento metálico puro con símbolo U y número atómico 92; metal plateado radioactivo. Úsese también para este metal procesado y conformado, habitualmente en combinación con otras sustancias para realizar diversos objetos y materiales.

Refers to radioactive dating employing techniques which exploit the properties of the radioisotopic decay of uranium; in archaeology and paleontology, used especially for dating fossilized bones.

Radiometric dating method which measures the age of igneous calcium carbonate materials. The technique calculates the degree to which radioactive thorium-230 isotopes within a sample have reestablished secular equilibrium with their parent uranium-234 isotopes.

Se refiere al período desde aproximadamente 850 a 590 a.C. durante el cual el reino de Urartu goberno la parte oriental de Anatolia central alrededor del área del Lago Van. El arte y la arquitectura del período se caracteriza por los objetos de bronce distintivos y fortalezas con buena construcción de murallas.

State or condition of existing or moving in a city or other urban area.

Field of archaeology that recovers, preserves, and analyzes data from human settlements in order to study the history of city life.

Counties, particularly in Hungary that act as administrative capitals, and have the responsibilities of both a county and a municipality.

In the context of urban planning and architecture, architectural developments that take place in cities and other urban areas.

Particular subdivisions of an urban area Examples are in the United Kingdom.

Particular subdivisions comprising an urban area. Examples are in colonial Australia.

Gardens sited within a city, often communal and intended for growing food, but that may also contain ornamental plants such as flowers. Urban gardens may be maintained for purely aesthetic reasons.

Businesses that specialize in urban planning, which concerms the designing and improving the spacial organization and content of urban areas.

Particular subdivisions comprising an urban area, usually under the administration or government of a prefect. Examples are in Japan and ancient Rome.

Generic designation for divisions of an urban area.