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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 ...
Pages in category "Archaeological cultures of Europe" The following 200 pages are in this category, out of approximately 244 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
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A template to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance Template parameters [Edit template data] Parameter Description Type Status Culture name name The name of the archaeological culture described in this page Default {{subst:PAGENAME}} String required Image name map Map showing the geographical extent of the culture. If no map is available, could be replaced with ...
The Tardenoisian (or Beuronian) is an archaeological culture of the Mesolithic/Epipaleolithic period from northern France and Belgium. Similar cultures are known further east in central Europe, parts of Britain. [1] and west across Spain.
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.
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 ...