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(g rts) (KEY) , 1926–, American cultural anthropologist, b. San Francisco. He was a professor of anthropology at the Univ. of Chicago from 1960 to 1...
1851–1941, English archaeologist. He was (1884–1908) keeper of the Ashmolean Museum at Oxford. From 1900 to 1935 he conducted excavations on the G...
(kär´v nä) (KEY) , Ger. Karwin, city (1991 pop. 68,405), NE Czech Republic, in Moravia, near the Polish border. It is an industrial center of the O...
( güst´ dwär´ märy t´) (KEY) , 1821–81, French Egyptologist. On a visit (1850–54) to Egypt to collect Coptic manuscripts for the Louvre, he...
(h n´dr k p ´trüs berlä´g ) (KEY) , 1856–1934, Dutch architect. In both his writings and architectural practice, Berlage advocated a return to ...
(kä´´stäm n ´) (KEY) , city (1990 pop. 52,363), capital of Kastamonu prov., N Turkey. It is a manufacturing center, noted for its textiles and co...