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⟳.”

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