QuickTips Index

Titris Hoyuk (Turkey)
Titris Hoyuk is the archaeological ruins of an Early Bronze Age site, and the capital of a northern Mesopotamian (Akkad) city-state.

Turquoise
Turquoise is found in deposits throughout the world and it was cherished for its beauty by many prehistoric societies, most particularly by those of the American continents

Torcello (Venice, Italy)
Torcello is the name of an island in the Venetian lagoon, where evidence for the development of Venetian glass-making arising from that of the Romans has been identified.

Topper Site
The preclovis Topper site is located about 80 kilometers from the Atlantic coast within the Savannah River coastal plain.

Tiwanaku Empire
The Tiwanaku Empire (also spelled Tiahuanaco) dominated portions of what is now Peru, Argentina, Chile, and Bolivia in South America for six hundred years (AD 550-950)

Timbuktu (Mali)
The city of Timbuktu (also spelled Tombouctou or Timbuctoo) is located on the inner delta of the Niger River in the African country of Mali.

Turkey (Melagris gallapavo and spp)
The turkey (Meleagris gallapavo) was definitely domesticated in the New World, but the history of turkey domestication is somewhat problematic.

Tianyuan Cave (China)
The Early Modern Human site of Tianyuan Cave is located in the Tianyuan Tree Farm near Beijing, and it contains human remains dated to approximately 40,000 years ago.