CWA #120 crossword, and answers to crossword #119

This article is from World Archaeology issue 120

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Across

7 Small pieces of stone used in mosaics (8)

9 Son of Genghis Khan who sacked Kyiv in 1240 (6)

10 ___ Mountains, possible early Palaeolithic site in California (6)

11 Nahuatl term for an Aztec ruler (8)

12 Egyptian site of the Great Pyramids and Sphinx (4)

13 Style of Greek architecture (5,5)

15 Mexican state, location of the Tenam Puente archaeological site (7)

16 Member of a people whose kingdom was sacked by the Assyrians c.640 BC (7)

20 Collection of tales of Welsh mythology and folklore (10)

23 Medieval measure of wool or beef (4)

24 ___ Tradition, cultures of the Colorado River basin after AD 500 (8)

26 Military governor of feudal Japan (6)

27 Glyn ___, British archaeologist, author of The Idea of Prehistory (1962 ) (6)

28 Hoofed mammal, possibly domesticated about 2,000 years ago (8)

Down

1 Large stone, often part of a prehistoric monument (8)

2 Ancient region of north-western France (8)

3 ___ Cave, site in Arizona, showing occupation from 10,000 to 5,000 BC (7)

4 Design made from small pieces of glass, stone, or other materials (6)

5 Irish county, location of the Céide Fields archaeological site (4)

6 Early 11th-century king of England (6)

8 Group of Palaeolithic sites in the Hokkaido region of Japan (9)

14 The Fosse Way and Watling Street are two examples (5,4)

17 Vessel used by the Vikings (8)

18 Officials of ancient Rome (8)

19 Culture of communities in Ecuador from c.AD 500 to the Spanish Conquest (7)

21 Caribbean people at the time of Columbus (6)

22 A famous one could be found at Delphi (6)

25 Bull god worshipped in ancient Egypt (4)

For answers to #120, see the next issue (CWA #121)

Answers to Crossword #119

Across: 7 Silurian, 8 Apollo, 10 Hedeby, 11 Arretine, 12 Natsushima, 4 Cuba, 15 Odoacer, 17 Larnian, 19 Woad, 20 Grave Creek, 22 Lombards, 24 Dorian, 26 Dorset, 27 Tribunes.

Down: 1 Rice, 2 Queensland, 3 Tiryns, 4 Ontario, 5 Dalriada, 6 Holt, 9 Lyngby axe, 13 Andronovo, 14 Cinerarium, 16 Ecgfrith, 18 Kassite, 21 Eadwig, 23 Bush, 25 Aten.