terramare
See also: Terramare
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Borrowed from Italian terramare, plural of terramara, from a dialectal variant of terra marna (“marl-earth”) or terra mala (“bad earth”).
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terramare (countable and uncountable, plural terramares)
- (prehistory) Bronze Age lake dwellings and settlements of the Po valley in northern Italy, characterized by the presence of ammoniacal earthy deposit (black marl) in mounds.
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prehistoric settlements of the Po valley
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- Terramare culture on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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terramare f
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