archaeological horizon

noun

Etymology

From archaeological + horizon (“layer or stratum, subculture”).

Definitions

  1. A common set of artefacts that identifies a culture and is found disseminated widely…

    A common set of artefacts that identifies a culture and is found disseminated widely (usually over a number of sites, but sometimes widely over one site) but restricted to a single stratum; a layer or stratum.

    • The Lochnore Phase is followed by the Shuswap Horizon, the first of three archaeological horizons that together comprise the Late Period of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River area.

The neighborhood

Vish — recursive loop

No curated loop yet for archaeological horizon. Loops are being traced one word at a time while the ingestion pipeline matures.

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