noun
An archaeological site regarded as definitively characteristic of a particular culture and whose name is often applied to the culture. For example, the Le Moustier cave in southwest France is the type site for the Mousterian culture.
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An archaeological or anthropological site regarded as definitively characteristic of a particular culture and whose name is often applied to the culture. For example, the Olduvai Gorge in northern Tanzania is the type site for the Oldowan culture.
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Noun
(plural type sites)
- (archaeology) An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym
- (geology) A geologic site considered the representative example or first discovery of a stratographic level or other feature
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(plural type-sites)
- Alternative form of type site.
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