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2734:Great dolmen
2690:Chamber tomb
2671:Round barrow
2626:Stone circle
2498:Blombos Cave
2426:Grooved ware
2350:Chalcolithic
2254:Thornborough
2172:Flush toilet
2107:Blombos Cave
2102:Rock shelter
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2016:long house
1993:Stonehenge
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1324:Earth oven
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1100:The Samoan
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626:Samoan umu
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224:, and the
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3173:Reduction
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1331:Granaries
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1172:Stone Age
870:Blueprint
701:Hawaiians
608:Tok Pisin
478:black tea
337:shellfish
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3458:Non-heat
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