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Patera from Georgia, likely depicting Fortuna (2nd century AD, [1] Georgian National Museum) In the material culture of classical antiquity, a patera ( Latin pronunciation: [ˈpatɛra]) or phiale ( Ancient Greek: φιάλη [pʰi.á.lɛː]) [2] is a shallow ceramic or metal libation bowl. It often has a bulbous indentation ( omphalos, "belly ...
Patera (architecture) In architecture, patera ( pl. paterae) is an ornamental circular or elliptical bas-relief disc. [1] [2] The patera is usually used to decorate friezes and walls, and to interrupt moldings. [3] Patera is also used in furniture-making. It can be carved, incised, inlaid, or even painted. [4] [5]
The Appalachian–Blue Ridge forests are an ecoregion in the Temperate broadleaf and mixed forests Biome, in the Eastern United States. The ecoregion is located in the central and southern Appalachian Mountains, including the Ridge-and-Valley Appalachians and the Blue Ridge Mountains. It covers an area of about 61,500 square miles (159,000 km 2 ...
The Walker Sisters Place was a homestead in the Great Smoky Mountains of Sevier County, in the U.S. state of Tennessee.The surviving structures—which include the cabin, springhouse, and corn crib—were once part of a farm that belonged to the Walker sisters—five sisters who became local legends because of their adherence to traditional ways of living.
The Appalachian Mountains, [b] often called the Appalachians, are a mountain range in eastern to northeastern North America. The term "Appalachian" refers to several different regions associated with the mountain range, and its surrounding terrain. The general definition used is one followed by the United States Geological Survey and the ...
Pisgah phase. The Pisgah phase (1000 to 1450/1500 CE) is an archaeological phase of the South Appalachian Mississippian culture (a regional variation of the Mississippian culture) in Southeast North America. [1] It is associated with the Appalachian Summit area of southeastern Tennessee, Western North Carolina, and northwestern South Carolina ...
Overview. The Appalachian Mountains formed through a series of mountain-building events over the last 1.2 billion years: [4] [5] The Grenville orogeny began 1250 million years ago (Ma) and lasted for 270 million years. The Taconic orogeny began 450 Ma and lasted for 10 million years. The Acadian orogeny began 375 Ma and lasted 50 million years.
Patara ( Turkish: Patara, Lycian: 𐊓𐊗𐊗𐊀𐊕𐊀, Pttara; Greek: Πάταρα) was an ancient and flourishing maritime and commercial city that was for a period the capital of Lycia. The site is located on the Turkish coast near to the village of Gelemiş, in Antalya Province . Saint Nicholas was born in the town in 270, and lived ...