English Explanatory Dictionary

archaeological horizon

English dictionary entry

Meanings

noun
  1. 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.

Word forms

archaeological horizon archaeological horizons archeological horizon

Etymology

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

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