Glossary: Q Terms
Qafzeh Cave (Israel)
Qafzeh Cave is a rockshelter located in the lower Galilee region of what today is Israel. The site has evidence of some of the earliest known human burials, approximately 90,000 years ago.
Qandahar (Afghanistan)
The archaeological site of Qandahar is located near the modern city of Kandahar in south central Afghanistan.
Qaryat al-Fau (Saudi Arabia)
The ancient caravan site of Qaryat al-Fau is located at an oasis in central Saudia Arabia.
Qasr al-Khalifa
The palace of the caliph at Samarra is one of the most famous of Islamic palaces, built for an Abbasid caliph in AD 836.
Qesem Cave (Israel)
Qesem Cave is a karst cave located in Israel near Tel Aviv, some 12 km from the Mediterranean Sea. Its deposits include artifacts dated to the Acheulo-Yabrudian Cultural Complex, and it is a controversial site for being either Neanderthal or early modern Homo sapiens
Qijia Culture
The Qijia Culture lasted from the Neolithic through Bronze Age in Mongolia [ca 2050-1700 BC], particularly the upper Wei River Valley in China
Qijurittuq (Quebec, Canada)
Qijurittuq, located on Hudson Bay in Quebec, Canada, is a Paleoeskimo and Thule tradition site where information concerning human adaptation to the Little Ice Age is present.
Qin Dynasty
The Qin Dynasty [221-206 BC], while only fifteen years in duration and only including three emperors, was one of the most important and influential of periods in Chinese history.
Qin's Tomb (China)
The emperor Shi Huangdi [246-210 BC] was the Tiger of Qin, the first emperor of China, who unified the warring tribes into one group; his tomb includes the fabulous terra cotta army.
Qinglian'gang Culture
The Qinglian'gang Culture [5300-5800 BP] were an early Neolithic culture of the lower Yangtse River of central China
Quarrying Sites
A quarry or mine site is where raw material--stone or metal ore--was mined for use as building material or tool construction.
Quebrada de Santo Domingo (Peru)
The archaeological site called Quebrada de Santo Domingo is along a very scenic 32 square kilometer long dry river valley off the Rio Moche in Peru.
Quetzalcoatl
Quetzalcoatl or the Feathered Serpent, is one of the most famous pre-Columbian deities, worshiped by many Mesoamerican cultures
Quelepa (El Salvador)
The site of Quelepa is located in eastern El Salvador, about eight kilometers east-northeast of San Miguel.
Quiahuiztlan (Mexico)
Quiahuiztlan is the name of a fortified settlement located on the lower slopes of a volcanic mountain on the gulf coast of Veracruz state, Mexico.
Quimbaya Culture
The people of the Quimbaya culture of Colombia (AD 300-1550) were goldsmiths par excellence
Quipu (Khipu, Quipo)
The quipu (also spelled khipu or quipo) is the only known precolumbian writing system in South America.
Qumran (Jordan)
The archaeological site of Khirbet Qumran is an ancient cave site, from whence was pulled the first of the Dead Sea Scrolls in 1947 and 1948, causing all kinds of trouble.
Qusayr' Amra (Jordan)
Quasayr' Amra is an Islamic castle in Jordan, about fifty miles west of Amman.