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- PacahaPacaha was a Native American polity encountered in 1541 by the Hernando de Soto expedition
- PachacamacArchaeological site in Peru
- PadriaPadria is a comune (municipality) in the Province of Sassari on the Italian island of Sard
- Paeonian languageExtinct Indo-European language of the Balkans
- PaeoniansAncient Indo-European people from Paeonia
- Paiján cultureThe Paiján culture was an archaeological culture that emerged on the northern coast of Per
- Painted Grey Ware cultureNorth Indian Iron Age culture
- Paipai peopleThe Paipai (Pai pai, Pa'ipai, Akwa'ala, Yakakwal) are an indigenous people of Mexico livin
- Palace of ArdashirHistorice site in Iran
- Palace of the Grand Master of the Knights of RhodesPalace in Rhodes, Greece
- PalaeoarchaeologyStudy of human activity in the distant past
- PalamidiHistoric Venetian fortress on a headland of the Argolic Gulf at Nafplio
- Paleo-Arctic traditionTradition of earliest humans in North American Arctic
- Paleo-Balkan languagesGeographical grouping of Indo-European languages
- Paleo-Balkan mythologyPaleo-Balkan mythology is the group of religious beliefs held by Paleo-Balkan-speaking peo
- Paleo-EskimoAncient culture in the Arctic prior to Inuit / Yupik
- PaleoethnobotanyStudy of plants used by people in ancient times
- PaleogenomicsPaleogenomics is a field of science based on the reconstruction and analysis of genomic in
- PaleolinguisticsPaleolinguistics is a term used by some linguists for the study of the distant human past
- Paleolithic dietFad diet based on the presumed diet of Paleolithic humans
- Paleolithic religionReligions thought to have appeared during the Paleolithic time period
- PaleopathologyScientific study of ancient diseases and injuries
- Palestinian archaeologyPalestinian archaeology is the study of archaeology in present-day Palestine, stretching f
- Palestinian potteryPalestinian pottery refers to pottery produced in the region of Palestine throughout the a
- Palilula, NišPalilula (Serbian Cyrillic: Палилула, pronounced ) is one of five city municipalities whic
- Palmyra TariffThe Palmyra Tariff is an ancient bilingual limestone inscription discovered in Palmyra, Sy
- Paracas textileAncient textiles found in Peru
- PasargadaeArchaeological site in Fars province, Iran
- PatayanPrecontact culture in North America
- Patriarchate of Peć (monastery)Serbian Orthodox monastery near Peja, Kosovo
- Paul Alan YulePaul Alan Yule is a German archaeologist at the Ruprecht-Karls-Universität Heidelberg (hab
- Paul BahnBritish archaeologist, translator, writer, and broadcaster
- Paul MellarsBritish archaeologist (1939–2022)
- PawonPawon (known locally as Candi Pawon) is a Buddhist temple in Central Java, Indonesia.
- PayganThe Paygān (also known as Paighan) were the conscript light infantry unit within the Sasan
- Pazyryk cultureSaka nomadic Iron Age archaeological culture
- PeckolsPeckols and Patollo (known under a multitude of different names) were gods in the pagan Pr
- Pedra FuradaCollection of archaeological sites in Brazil
- Peiligang cultureThe Peiligang culture was a Neolithic culture in the Yi-Luo river basin (in modern Henan P
- Pejeng drumType of ancient bronze kettledrum
- Pek (river)The Pek (Serbian Cyrillic: Пек) is a river in eastern Serbia. It is a 129 km long right tr
- PelasgiansClassical Greek term for pre-Greeks
- Penn MuseumArchaeological museum
- Penrith Hoard54°39′05″N 2°49′56″W / 54.6514°N 2.8322°W
- Peopling of ChinaHistory of ancient China
- Perfeddwlad53°17′13″N 3°45′47″W / 53.287°N 3.763°W Perfeddwlad or Y Berfeddwlad was an historic name
- Perforated batonPrehistoric antler artefact
- PérigordianSeveral related cultures of the Upper Paleolithic
- Periodization of pre-Columbian PeruSystem for dating cultural periods in the Andean Region
- Periodization of the Shang dynastyThe periodization of the Shang dynasty is the use of periodization to organize the history
- Periplus of the Erythraean Sea1st-century Greco-Roman document
- Peștera cu OaseCave and archaeological site in Romania
- Peter WoodmanPeter Woodman FSA MRIA (2 July 1943 – 24 January 2017) was an Irish archaeologist speciali
- PetroformHuman-made shapes and patterns of rocks placed on the ground
- PetroglyphImages carved on a rock surface as a form of rock art
- Phenomenology (archaeology)Application of sensory experiences to interpret an archaeological site
- Philip Phillips (archaeologist)American archaeologist (1900–1994)
- Philippine ceramicsCeramic art in Philippine
- Phoenician arrowheadsThe Phoenician arrowheads or Phoenician javelin heads are a well-known group of almost 70
- Phoenician Harpocrates statuesThe Phoenician Harpocrates statues are two copper alloy statues of the Greco-Egyptian god
- Phonolite series in North EthiopiaThe phonolite or clinkstone of northern Ethiopia is a shallow-seated igneous rock. The pho
- Phrygian languageExtinct Indo-European language of central Anatolia
- PhrygiansAncient Indo-European-speaking people of Anatolia
- PictsMedieval tribal confederation in northern Britain
- Piercebridge Roman BridgePiercebridge Roman Bridge is the ruin of a Roman bridge over the River Tees, northern Engl
- Piercebridge Roman FortRoman fort in Durham, England
- Pietra duraDecorative stone inlays
- Pilar LunaMexican underwater archaeologist (1944–2020)
- Piltdown Man1912 paleoanthropological hoax
- Pinctada maximaPinctada maxima is a species of pearl oyster, a marine bivalve mollusk in the family Pteri
- Piraeus ArtemisAncient Greek statues
- Piraeus AthenaBronze statue dated to the 300s BCE
- Plan (archaeology)In archaeological excavation, a plan is a drawn record of features and artifacts in the ho
- Plaquemine cultureArchaeological culture in the lower Mississippi River Valley, United States
- Platform moundEarthwork or mound intended to support a structure or activity
- Pločnik (archaeological site)Archaeological site in Serbia
- Plomo MummyThe Plomo Mummy (also known as Boy of El Plomo, El Plomo Mummy, or La Momia del Cerro El P
- Pohatcong MountainPohatcong Mountain is a ridge, approximately 6 mi (10 km) long, in the Appalachian Mountai
- PohoyChiefdom on Tampa Bay, Florida
- Polada cultureThe Polada culture (22nd to 16th centuries BCE) is the name for a culture of the ancient B
- Poland in antiquityHistory of Poland from 400 BC to 500 AD
- Polgár, HungaryPolgár is a city in the administrative county of Hajdú-Bihar in eastern Hungary.
- Political development in modern GibraltarGibraltar is a British Overseas Territory located on the southern end of the Iberian Penin
- Politics of archaeology in Israel and PalestinePart of the Israeli–Palestinian conflict
- Poltavka cultureEarly to middle Bronze Age archaeological culture of the middle Volga
- PolychromeArt terminology and color method
- Polygonal dolmenType of dolmen with five to nine supporting stones
- Poppy goddessType of large female terracotta figurine in Minoan art
- Porphyrios DikaiosPorphyrios Dikaios (Greek: Πορφύριος Δίκαιος) FSA (Nicosia, 16 August 1904 – 23 August 197
- Port an Eilean Mhòir boat burialViking boat burial site
- Porta Maggiore BasilicaAncient Roman civic basilica in Rome
- Portable Antiquities SchemePublic archaeological programme
- Portico of PompeyQuadriporticus in ancient Rome
- Portus LemanisPortus Lemanis, also known as Lemanae, was the Latin name of a Roman Saxon Shore fort, set
- PoshuouingePueblo ruins site in Rio Arriba County, New Mexico
- Post-excavation analysisProcesses for studying archaeological materials after an excavation
- Post-medieval archaeologyArchaeological sub-discipline
- Post-processual archaeologyTheoretical paradigm in archaeology
- PotrimpoPotrimpo (also Potrimpus, Autrimpo, Natrimpe) was a god of seas, earth, grain, and crops i
- Poverty Point cultureArchaeological culture that inhabited the lower Mississippi Valley, US
- Prajnaparamita of JavaPrajñāpāramitā of Java refers to a famous depiction of Bodhisattva Prajñāpāramitā Devi, or
- Praskovya UvarovaRussian archaeologist
- Pre-Columbian artArt of the Pre-Columbian civilizations
- Preah Khan Kompong SvayAngkorian archeological complex in Cambodia
- Preah VihearAncient Buddhist temple in Cambodia
- Prehistoric archaeologyArchaeological discipline
- Prehistoric ArmeniaHuman habitation in Armenia before written records
- Prehistoric BritainPrehistoric human occupation of Britain
- Prehistoric CaucasusHuman habitation of the Caucasus region before written records
- Prehistoric demographyStudy of human demography in prehistory
- Prehistoric EthiopiaOccurrence and people throughout Ethiopian prehistory
- Prehistoric GeorgiaHuman habitation in Georgia before written records
- Prehistoric IberiaPrehistory in the Iberian peninsula begins with the arrival of the first Homo genus repres
- Prehistoric KoreaPrehistoric Korea is the era of human existence in the Korean Peninsula for which written
- Prehistoric medicineMedicine in the time before the invention of writing
- Prehistoric NorfolkArchaeology of Norfolk, England
- Prehistoric North AfricaPrehistory of North African region
- Prehistoric OrkneyOverview of the prehistoric period on the Orkney Islands, Scotland
- Prehistoric ScotlandPrehistory of Scotland
- Prehistoric warfareType of war
- Prehistory of AnatoliaPrehistorical period in Western Asia
- Prehistory of MyanmarHistory of Myanmar before 200 BCE
- Prehistory of nakedness and clothingNakedness and clothing use are characteristics of humans related by evolutionary and socia
- Prehistory of SiberiaThe Prehistory of Siberia is marked by several archaeologically distinct cultures. In the
- Prehistory of Sri LankaThe prehistory of Sri Lanka covers the Palaeolithic, Mesolithic and early Iron Age of the
- Prehistory of TaiwanMost information about Taiwan before the arrival of the Dutch East India Company in 1624 c
- Prehistory of the LevantPeriod of Levantine history
- Prehistory of the PhilippinesHistory of the Philippines before 900
- Presidency of Mwai KibakiThe presidency of Mwai Kibaki began at 11:00 AM GMT on Monday 30 December 2002, when Mwai
- Preston, OntarioPreston is a community in Cambridge, Ontario, Canada in the Regional Municipality of Water
- Princess Anne County, VirginiaCounty of Princess Anne is a former county in the British Colony of Virginia and the Commo
- PriniasPrinias (ancient Rizinia) is an archaeological site in Crete that has revealed a seventh-c
- Privy diggingProcess of locating and investigating the contents of defunct outhouse vaults
- Processual archaeologyTheoretical paradigm in archaeology
- Promontory fortA promontory fort is a defensive structure located above a steep cliff, often only connect
- Proto-Afroasiatic homelandHypothetical linguistic homeland
- Proto-Anatolian languageReconstructed ancestor of the Anatolian languages
- Proto-Armenian languageReconstructed language
- Proto-Baltic languageAncestor of the Baltic languages
- Proto-Balto-Slavic languageReconstructed proto-language
- Proto-Celtic languageAncestor of the Celtic languages
- Proto-cuneiformEarly proto-writing system
- Proto-Greek languageCommon ancestor of all varieties of Greek
- Proto-Indo-Aryan languageProtolanguage of the Indo-Aryan language family
- Proto-Indo-European mythologyProto-Indo-European mythology is the body of myths and deities associated with the Proto-I
- Proto-Indo-European nominalsCategory of words in Proto-Indo-European
- Proto-Indo-European numeralsNames of numbers in the Proto-Indo-European language
- Proto-Indo-European particlesGrammatical particles
- Proto-Indo-European pronounsPronouns in the theorized common ancestor of the Indo-European language family
- Proto-Indo-European rootMost basic form of words in the Proto-Indo-European language
- Proto-Indo-European societyReconstructed culture of Proto-Indo-Europeans
- Proto-Indo-European verbsProto-Indo-European verbs reflect a complex system of morphology, more complicated than th
- Proto-Indo-Iranian languageReconstructed proto-language
- Proto-Indo-Iranian religionReligion of the Indo-Iranian peoples
- Proto-Iranian languageReconstructed ancestor language of Persian, Avestan, Kurdish, Pashto and others
- Proto-Italic languageAncestor of Latin and other Italic languages
- Proto-Norse languageProgenitor of Old Norse
- Proto-Nuristani languageReconstructed ancestor of the Nuristani language family
- Proto-Slavic languageProto-language of all the Slavic languages
- Proto-Villanovan cultureLate-Bronze Age culture in Italy
- ProvenanceChronology of the ownership, custody or location of a historical object
- Providence PainterUnidentified ancient Greek vase painter
- PrutahPrutah (Hebrew: פרוטה) is a Hebrew term, possibly derived from Aramaic. It refers to a sma
- Przemysław UrbańczykPolish archaeologist
- PseudoarchaeologyScientifically insubstantial theories interpreting archaeology
- PuabiQueen of Ur
- Pueblito, New MexicoPueblito is an unincorporated community and census-designated place in Rio Arriba County,
- Pueblo BonitoAncient Puebloan ruin in New Mexico
- Puerco Ruin and PetroglyphsNRHP Anasazi ruins in Arizona
- Pumayyaton and Pnytarion's inscriptionsPumayyaton and Pnytarion's inscriptions are two separated inscriptions, Phoenician and Gre
- Punic building, ŻurrieqUnidentified Punic building in Żurrieq, Malta
- Punic-Libyan bilingualsThe Punic-Libyan bilingual inscriptions are two important ancient bilingual inscriptions d
- PylosTown in Messenia, Peloponnese, Greece
- PythagoreionAncient fortified port in Samos, Greece