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An archaeological culture is a pattern of similar artefacts and features found within a specific area over a limited period of time. They are sometimes termed Techno-Complexes (Technology-Complexes) to differentiate them from sociological cultures. As the archaeological cultures refer only to material items, sometimes even the purpose of which ...
It relies on the assumption found in the view of archaeological culture that artifacts found are "an expression of cultural norms," and that these norms define culture. [2] This view is also required to be polythetic, multiple artifacts must be found for a site to be classified under a specific archaeological culture. One trait alone does not ...
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On the contrary, the Pan-Grave Culture has only been dated to the Second Intermediate Period. [4] One possible theory explaining this is that the Pan-Grave culture had been present in the Nile Valley for much longer, and the decline of Egyptian central authority allowed for the culture to penetrate the archaeological record. [1]
The ring structures built in Bruniquel cave by Neanderthal humans using speleofacts have been dated to 176,500 years ago. The artificial ring structures made of broken stalagmites now have been dated by uranium series dating as 176.5 (±2.1) thousand years old, with 2σ uncertainties (95.5% probability).
In archaeology, a type site (American English) or type-site (British English) is the site used to define a particular archaeological culture or other typological unit, which is often named after it. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] For example, discoveries at La Tène and Hallstatt led scholars to divide the European Iron Age into the La Tène culture and Hallstatt ...
The Sauveterrian is the name for an archaeological culture of the European Mesolithic which flourished around 8500 to 6500 years BP. The name is derived from the type site of Sauveterre-la-Lémance in the French département of Lot-et-Garonne. It extended through large parts of western and central Europe.