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Iron basket in which wood can be burned
A fire basket is an iron basket in which wood can be burned to make a bonfire. Fire baskets have been used since antiquity mainly to illuminate and heat
Fire_basket
Aspect of human history
The control of fire by early humans was a critical technology enabling the evolution of humans. Fire provided a source of warmth and lighting, protection
Control of fire by early humans
Control_of_fire_by_early_humans
Prehistoric period: Copper Age
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Chalcolithic
Axe specifically designed for combat
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Battle_axe
Prehistoric period, second part of the Stone Age
tracing by Henri Breuil Weaving techniques were deployed to create shoes and baskets, the latter being of fine construction and decorated with dyes. Examples
Mesolithic
Prehistoric period, first part of the Stone Age
been limited by the lack of control of fire: studies of cave settlements in Europe indicate no regular use of fire prior to c. 400,000 – c. 300,000 BP.
Paleolithic
Earth blocks for construction
used since 9000 BCE. From around 5000–4000 BCE, mudbricks evolved into fired bricks to increase strength and durability. Nevertheless, in some warm regions
Mudbrick
Dwelling
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Hut
Archaeological period, last part of the Stone Age (New Stone Age)
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Neolithic
Crops native to the New World
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New_World_crops
Neolithic sculpture found in Turkey
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Seated_Woman_of_Çatalhöyük
Prehistoric period before metal tools
The 1981 film Quest for Fire by Jean-Jacques Annaud tells the story of a group of early homo sapiens searching for their lost fire. A 21st-century series
Stone_Age
Period of human history before records
People around the world use fibres to make baby-carriers, clothes, bags, baskets, and nets. c. 25,000 BP / 23,000 BCE – A settlement consisting of huts
Prehistory
Tool to give more leverage when throwing a spear-like projectile
1017/s0079497x00017370. S2CID 130339858. Hunter, W. (1992) "Reconstructing a Generic Basket Maker Atlatl", Bulletin of Primitive Technology, No. 4. Knecht, H. (1997)
Spear-thrower
Place for a fire to heat the home and to cook food, usually of masonry
the free dictionary. A hearth (/hɑːrθ/) is the place in a home where a fire is or was traditionally kept for home heating and for cooking, usually constituted
Hearth
Memory aid device
to be burned in two furnaces in the Houses of Parliament. The resulting fire set the chimney ablaze and then spread until most of the building was destroyed
Tally_stick
Surgically drilling a hole in the skull
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Trepanning
Images carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
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Petroglyph
Prehistoric ivory sculpture discovered in the Hohlenstein-Stadel, a cave in Germany
edge of subsistence, whose primary concerns were finding food, keeping that fire going, protecting children from predators, allow someone to spend so much
Lion-man
Type of stone tool
materials. Groups used blades to harvest plants, cut fibers for weaving baskets or mats, prepare materials for cordage, and process seeds or grains for
Lithic_blade
Paleolithic artifact from Congo
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Ishango_bone
Calendar based only on the Moon
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Lunar_calendar
Peoples who forage or hunt for most or all of their food
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Hunter-gatherer
Subdivision of the Paleolithic, or Old Stone Age
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Upper_Paleolithic
Upper Paleolithic culture of Europe
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Aurignacian
rarrk, and x-ray style. Baskets, sometimes coiled baskets, were created by twisting bark, palm-leaf, and feathers; some of the baskets were plain and some
Indigenous_Australian_art
European Middle Paleolithic culture
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Mousterian
pyrite or marcasite stones as percussion fire starter tools. That was the most common method of producing fire in pre-industrial societies. Stones were
Stone_tool
Type of Bronze Age chamber tomb
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Clava_cairn
Proposed Upper Paleolithic European industry
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Châtelperronian
Distinctive type of stone knapping technique used by ancient humans
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Levallois_technique
First epoch of the Quaternary Period
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Pleistocene
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
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Solutrean
Room used by Puebloans for religious rituals and political meetings
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Kiva
Ancient causeway in the Somerset Levels, England
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Sweet_Track
Upper Paleolithic and Mesolithic cultures
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Magdalenian
Old Stone Age musical instruments
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Paleolithic_flute
Archaeological industry of the European Upper Paleolithic
negative impressions of woven textiles or basketry have been found on fired clay fragments in ash deposits in and around hearths within dwellings. Radiocarbon
Gravettian
Middle Eastern Neolithic culture
cobbles. Heated rocks were used in cooking, which led to an accumulation of fire-cracked rock in the buildings, and almost every settlement contained storage
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_A
Earliest subdivision of the Paleolithic
tool-making technologies such as the Mousterian. Whether the earliest control of fire by hominins dates to the Lower or to the Middle Paleolithic remains an open
Lower_Paleolithic
Period before the First Dynasty of Egypt
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Prehistoric_Egypt
Object that reflects an image
Death Ray". They were unsuccessful at starting a fire on a ship. Previous attempts to set a boat on fire using only the bronze mirrors available in Archimedes'
Mirror
New World prehistoric projectile
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Clovis_point
Type of earth shelter with ancient origins
provided ladder access and ventilation, including for the smoke of an interior fire, though side-entry pit houses were also used. In the northwestern Great Plains
Pit-house
Archeological term; material produced during the process of lithic reduction
heat-treated, and not all heat-treatment is due to human agency. Forest fires are one way that stones can be heat-treated without human action. Hammerstone
Debitage
Archaeological site in Louisiana, US
gravel for cooking stones to steam some of their food. They created and fired earthenware items in a variety of shapes, but researchers have not yet determined
Watson_Brake
Container used to burn charcoal or other solid fuel
Chafing dish, a cooking implement Cresset, a cup for burning oil Crucible Fire basket Hibachi, a Japanese brazier List of cooking appliances Kanger, a traditional
Brazier
Paintings, often prehistoric, on cave walls and ceilings
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Cave_painting
Typological classification of stone tools
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Industry_(archaeology)
Caves in France containing Paleolithic paintings
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Lascaux
2014 controversy
by Arthur S. Demoulas), the company that runs the Market Basket chain of supermarkets, fired President and CEO Arthur T. Demoulas. Demoulas's dismissal
Market_Basket_protests
Type of house with a circular plan, usually with a conical roof
the strongest and most efficient design. According to Peter J. Reynolds fire would have been lit inside for heating and cooking, there could not have
Roundhouse_(dwelling)
Archaeological culture associated with Homo erectus
skin structure would leave few archaeological traces after so much time. Fire was seemingly being exploited by Homo ergaster, and would have been a necessity
Acheulean
Earlier part of the Neolithic period in Southwest Asia
Western Asia. Pottery prepared by sequential slab construction, circular fire pits filled with burnt pebbles, and large granaries are common to both Mehrgarh
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic
Original agricultural crops
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Founder_crops
Period in Levantine history
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Epipalaeolithic
Implement used for water-borne propulsion
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Oar
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List of oldest extant buildings
List_of_oldest_extant_buildings
Act of shaping stone materials
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Stone_carving
Throwing weapon
and easiest tools to obtain. It can be used as a digging tool for making fire-pits and underground shelters in addition to its function as a weapon. A
Throwing_stick
Archaeological site in Turkey
households. Bodies were tightly flexed before burial and were often placed in baskets or wound and wrapped in reed mats. Disarticulated bones in some graves
Çatalhöyük
Small stone-built coffin-like box, ossua or dolmen
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Cist
Prehistoric culture in modern Russia
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Samara_culture
Late Upper Paleolithic nomadic hunter culture
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Ahrensburg_culture
Ring of standing stones
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Stone_circle
Type of megalithic tomb
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Passage_grave
Oldest form of prehistoric art
is possible that they were used in rituals, or alternatively heated on a fire and wrapped as personal warmers. Either type of use may account for the many
Art_of_the_Upper_Paleolithic
Neolithic culture in upper Mesopotamia and the Levant c. 8800–6500 BC
White Ware vessels, made from lime and gray ash, built up around baskets before firing, for several centuries around 7000 BC at sites such as Tell Neba'a
Pre-Pottery_Neolithic_B
Items buried along with the body
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Grave_goods
Archaeological site in Armenia
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Areni-1_winery
Grade II house in Westminster, London by Edwin Lutyens
Sargeant Jagger's mantelpiece sculpture Scandal, and the accompanying fire basket, which decorated the drawing room at Mulberry House. In post-war Britain
Mulberry_House
Transition of human species to anthropologically modern behavior
planning, trade, cooperative labor, body decoration, and the control and use of fire. Along with these traits, humans possess much reliance on social learning
Behavioral_modernity
Archaeological culture
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Oldowan
Neolithic archaeological site in Balochistan, Pakistan
subdivisions. Numerous burials have been found, many with elaborate goods such as baskets, stone and bone tools, beads, bangles, pendants, and occasionally animal
Mehrgarh
Disputed oldest known musical instrument
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Divje_Babe_flute
Religions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
and cultural shift. The emergence of revolutionary technologies such as fire, coupled with the course of human evolution extending development to include
Paleolithic_religion
Discipline of the design and study of coats of arms
Aurora Bee Caldron Carbuncle Clarion Cossack Crapaudy Dolphin Emmet Fire basket Ged Heart Lucy Mill Pizzle Portcullis Reremouse Scallop Serpent Sun Trident
Heraldry
Flint mine
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Grime's_Graves
Paleolithic artefact from South Africa
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Lebombo_bone
Boat constructed during the early Mesolithic period
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Pesse_canoe
Tool created from bone
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Bone_tool
Petrospheres from late Neolithic Scotland
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Carved_stone_balls
Wojcieszak, Marine; Stratford, Dominic; Lennox, Sandra; et al. (14 August 2020). "Fire and grass-bedding construction 200 thousand years ago at Border Cave, South
Timeline_of_prehistory
Portion of rock removed from an objective piece by percussion or pressure
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Lithic_flake
Prehistoric artwork in the Saharan desert
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Saharan_rock_art
Device for making an impression in wax or other medium
Aurora Bee Caldron Carbuncle Clarion Cossack Crapaudy Dolphin Emmet Fire basket Ged Heart Lucy Mill Pizzle Portcullis Reremouse Scallop Serpent Sun Trident
Seal_(emblem)
Mound of earth and stones raised over graves
were a few pieces of pottery and occasionally shell or stone stamp seals, baskets sealed with asphalt, ivory objects, stone jars, and copper weapons. The
Tumulus
Archaeological culture
huts, probably brush supported by posts. The huts were in no special order. Fire pits located outside the huts indicate that most village functions were performed
Ertebølle_culture
Ranged incendiary device
Wikisource. Polybius, Histories, 21.7.1 - 21.7.6, Topostext.org Pausistratus' fire‐basket lexical notes to polybius 21,7,1–4, Tandfonline.com "SOL Search". Cs
Flamethrower
Stone tool
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Microlith
Human-made markings on natural stone
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Rock_art
Set of ten wooden weapons from the Palaeolithic Age
Mareike; et al. (2015-12-01). "On the evidence for human use and control of fire at Schöningen". Journal of Human Evolution. 89: 181–201. doi:10.1016/j.jhevol
Schöningen_spears
Architectural elements typical of European megalithic structures
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Megalithic architectural elements
Megalithic_architectural_elements
Late Bronze Age artefact made of thin gold leaf
melting any of the surface. For this, the Bronze Age artisans used a charcoal fire or oven similar to those used for pottery. The temperature could only be
Berlin_Gold_Hat
Prehistoric tool type
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Scraper_(archaeology)
Shallow cave-like opening at the base of a bluff or cliff
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Rock_shelter
Form of prehistoric art
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Cup_and_ring_mark
Long, narrow, specialized stone flake tool with a sharp edge, like a small razor blade
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Prismatic_blade
Stone age tool
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Burin_(lithic_flake)
Study of sound and its relation to ancient things
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Archaeoacoustics
FIRE BASKET
FIRE BASKET
Boy/Male
Bengali, Hindu, Indian
Fire Worshiper; Fire
Female
Italian
Medieval Italian unisex name derived from the word fiore, FIORE means "flower."
Boy/Male
Australian, French, Latin, Scottish
Dark of Peace
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
A Sharp Weapon
Girl/Female
French, German, Irish, Swedish
Tribe of the Irish; The Lord Judges
Surname or Lastname
English
English : nickname for a clever or elegant man, from Old French fin ‘fine’, ‘delicate’, ‘skilled’, ‘cunning’ (originally a noun from Latin finis ‘end’, ‘extremity’, ‘boundary’, later used also as an adjective in the sense ‘ultimate’, ‘excellent’).Jewish (American) : Americanized spelling of Fein.
Male
Scottish
Scottish surname transferred to forename use, FIFE means "from Fife," a place said to have gotten its name from the legendary Pictish hero Fib.
Girl/Female
Australian, Italian, Latin
Flower
Girl/Female
Muslim/Islamic
A sharp weapon
Boy/Male
Scottish
County name in Scotland.
Female
Irish
Irish Gaelic form of Greek Maria, MÃIRE means "obstinacy, rebelliousness" or "their rebellion."
Girl/Female
Australian, Danish
Motivator; Lovely; Beauty
Girl/Female
Muslim
A sharp weapon
Boy/Male
Arabic, Muslim
Tall; Lofty; Slim; Towering
Surname or Lastname
English
English : metonymic occupational name for a wire drawer, from Middle English wīr ‘wire’.English : topographic name for someone who lived where bog myrtle grew, Old English wīr.English : habitational name from Wyre Forest in Hereford, Worcestershire, and Shropshire, probably named from a Celtic river name meaning ‘winding river’.
Surname or Lastname
Italian (Faré)
Italian (Faré) : Lombard variant of Ferrari.English : topographic name for a dweller by the roadside, Middle English fare (Old English fær).English : variant spelling of Fair.
Girl/Female
English
Fiery; God's Gift
Male
Scottish
Scottish Gaelic form of the Old Norse byname Skári, SGÀIRE means "sea-mew," another name for the common seagull.
Biblical
headdress
Male
Irish
Irish name derived from the Gaelic element dáire, DÃIRE means "fertile, fruitful."
FIRE BASKET
FIRE BASKET
Female
Italian
Variant spelling of Lombardic Italian Romhilda, ROMILDA means "famous battle."
Boy/Male
Muslim/Islamic
Intelligent
Boy/Male
Norse
From the ship's island.
Girl/Female
Indian
Crystal Flower
Surname or Lastname
English
English : variant spelling of Bennison.Jewish (Ashkenazic) : variant of Benenson.
Female
English
Variant spelling of English Quiana, QUIANNA means "divine, heavenly."
Girl/Female
Arabic, Muslim
Gift of Angel
Boy/Male
American, British, English, German, Gujarati, Hindu, Indian, Jamaican, Kannada, Malayalam, Marathi, Telugu
Raven; A Bird; Large Black Bird
Male
German
Contracted form of German Ernust, ERNST means "battle (to the death), serious business."
Male
Egyptian
, the son of Amenemap the priest.
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n.
A low fire used in chemical operations.
v. t.
To light up as if by fire; to illuminate.
v. t.
To subject to intense heat; to bake; to burn in a kiln; as, to fire pottery.
v. t.
To set on fire; to kindle; as, to fire a house or chimney; to fire a pile.
v. t.
To drive by fire.
n.
Fire.
v. i.
To take fire; to be kindled; to kindle.
v. t.
To feed or serve the fire of; as, to fire a boiler.
v. t.
To cause to explode; as, to fire a torpedo; to disharge; as, to fire a musket or cannon; to fire cannon balls, rockets, etc.
v. t.
To inflame; to irritate, as the passions; as, to fire the soul with anger, pride, or revenge.
adv. & a.
On fire.
n.
One who fires or sets fire to anything; an incendiary.
n.
The discharge of firearms; firing; as, the troops were exposed to a heavy fire.
imp. & p. p.
of Fire
v. t.
To animate; to give life or spirit to; as, to fire the genius of a young man.
v. i.
To discharge artillery or firearms; as, they fired on the town.
n.
Anything which destroys or affects like fire.
v. t.
To put upon a wire; as, to wire beads.