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Villanovan culture

(Encyclopedia)Villanovan culture, the culture of a people of N Italy in the early Iron Age (c.1100–700 b.c.). The term is derived from the town of Villanova, near Bologna, where the first excavations of a Villano...

Tarrytown

(Encyclopedia)Tarrytown târˈētoun [key], village (1990 pop. 10,739), Westchester co., SE N.Y., a residential suburb of New York City, on the E bank of the Hudson opposite Nyack; settled in the 17th cent. by the ...

Lincoln Home National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Lincoln Home National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument

(Encyclopedia)Little Bighorn Battlefield National Monument: see Little Bighorn, river; National Parks and Monuments (table). ...

Little River Canyon National Preserve

(Encyclopedia)Little River Canyon National Preserve: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Jimmy Carter National Historic Site

(Encyclopedia)Jimmy Carter National Historic Site: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park

(Encyclopedia)Kennesaw Mountain National Battlefield Park: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lake Chelan National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Chelan National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lake Mead National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Mead National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...

Lake Meredith National Recreation Area

(Encyclopedia)Lake Meredith National Recreation Area: see National Parks and Monuments (table)national parks and monuments (table). ...