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noun
An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: archaeology, history, human-sciences, sciences
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noun
A geologic site considered the representative example or first discovery of a stratographic level or other feature
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: geography, geology, natural-sciences
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History
From type + site.
