912

Cultural Stratigraphy

Scope Note

Statements about the cultural versus natural stratigraphy of a site, unit, or profile (what was found at what depth or in which stratum, statements about an artifact or feature, etc. being deeper than another, etc.); statements on the formation of an archaeological site, stratum, layer, or feature; generalized statements about unspecific features, etc.

History Note

This category, term, and scope note were introduced in 1997.

Broader Term
910 Archaeological Analyses
Related Terms
138 Post Depositional Processes
Use Fors
Arbitrary level (cultural stratigraphy)
Archaeological contexts
Archaeological record (cultural stratigraphy)
Artifact clusters (in archaeology)
Artifact density
Components (archaeology)
Contexts (archaeological)
Depositional process
Depositional process (site formation, in general)
Ecofact (part of an archaeological site)
Midden (layer of stratigraphy in archaeology)
Palimpsest (stratigraphy)
Provenance of artifacts within an archaeological site
Provenience of artifacts within an archaeological site
Sedimentation rates (at an archaeological site)
Site formation (depositional processes)
Soil stains
Stratigraphy (archaeological)
Identifier
912

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