Meaning of type site | Babel Free

Definitions

1. An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym
2. A geologic site considered the representative example or first discovery of a stratographic level or other feature

Examples

“The Late Bronze Age assemblage to which the type site offers no significant parallel.”

“Bambata is the type site for the Stillbay Culture in Rhodesia.”

“A ‘type-site’ is, in archaeological jargon, the site after which a culture is named, often the site at which it was first discovered or recognized as distinct.”

“Each interglacial is named after a type site or area where deposits of that stage occur.”

CEFR level