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ecotone an area forming the boundary between contrasting environmental regions

electron spin resonance dating (ESR) dating method that measures trapped electrons in bone and shell, the number of such electrons indicating the age of the specimen

encephalization enlargement of the brain

entablature horizontal element high up on the facade of a Classical building between the column capitals and the pediment or roof; see also Doric order

eustatic rise rise in sea level as a result of glacial melting

experimental archaeology in which tasks or objects from the past are replicated and compared with the archaeological remains


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