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Across
7 Name given to human fossils discovered in Indonesia in the late 19th century (4,3)
8 Culture of coastal communities in Peru from c.900-100 BC (7)
10 Semi-precious stone used since the Neolithic (4)
11 Chalcolithic to Roman site east of Ankara (5,5)
12 ___ Man, a famous hoax fossil of the early 20th century (8)
13 Italian city on the Adige River, possibly founded by the Rhaetians (6)
14 ___ Castle, ruined Norman castle in West Sussex (7)
16 Town in Iraq, once capital of the Abbasid Caliphate (7)
19 Goddess of Greek mythology, often associated with Artemis and Selene (6)
21 Roman philosopher and author of The Golden Ass (8)
23 US state, location of the Lind Coulee archaeological site (10)
25 ___ Cave, Sarawak, Malaysia, a site showing occupation from the Palaeolithic until AD 1000 (4)
26 Monastic order founded in France in AD 910 (7)
27 Capital of Lycaonia in Asia Minor (7)
Down
1 ___ Phase, cultures of Amazonia dated to c.1200-700 BC (6)
2 City in Italy founded by Greek settlers in the 8th century BC (8)
3 Earliest epoch of the Tertiary period (10)
4 Site in Meath of the seat of the Irish kings (4)
5 Early 11th-century king of England (6)
6 ___ jug, medieval European jug (8)
9/18 Famous English charter signed in 1215, of which four original copies still exist (5,5)
13 Central Andean empire of the Middle Horizon Period (10)
15 Ruined Cistercian abbey in North Yorkshire (8)
17 Bronze Age culture of Italy (8)
18 See 9
20 Greek goddess of wisdom (6)
22 Father of the Titans in Greek mythology (6)
24 Kildare town with a recently discovered medieval tunnel system (4)
For answers to #135, see next issue.
Answers to Crossword #134
Across: 8 Nevada, 9 Sassanid, 10 Delaware, 11 Shogun, 12 Danilo, 13 Tasmania, 15 Nineveh, 17 Caereni, 20 Pliocene, 22 Saddle, 24 Frieze, 26 Stone Age, 27 Carthage, 28 Brazil.
Down: 1 Seneca, 2 Palatine, 3 Palaeocene, 4 Asterte, 5 Isis, 6 Dakota, 7 Silurian, 14 Swanscombe, 16 Illyrian, 18 Ridgeway, 19 Reisner, 21 Ozette, 23 Loggia, 25 Elam.
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