Urkesh (northern Syria) founded during the fourth millennium BC possibly by the Hurrians. Neolithic Europe and Western Eurasia. Crete: Rise of Minoan civilization. The Yamna culture (Kurgan culture), succeeding the Sredny Stog culture is the locus of the Proto-Indo-Europeans according to the Kurgan hypothesis.
or plisse. 1. a textile finish characterized by a puckered or blistered effect, produced by chemical treatment. 2. a usually lightweight fabric having this finish. plissÃ©.
plaice. n, pl plaice or plaices. 1. (Animals) a European flatfish, Pleuronectes platessa, having an oval brown body marked with red or orange spots and valued as a food fish: family Pleuronectidae. 2. (Animals) US and Canadian any of various other fishes of the family Pleuronectidae, esp Hippoglossoides platessoides.. pl. plaice or plaicÂ·es. 1. A large edible marine flatfish (Pleuronectes platessa) of European coastal waters. 2. Any of various other flatfishes, such as Hippoglossoides platessoides of northern Atlantic coastal waters.