Definitions
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun A source or origin.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun Origin; the place from which something comes or is derived; the place of production or derivation of an object, especially in the fine arts and in archæology. Compare
provenance .
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun Origin; source; place where found or produced; provenance; -- used esp. in the fine arts and in archæology.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun archaeology Source; origin.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun where something originated or was nurtured in its early existence
Etymologies
from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
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Examples
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One problem with using a metal detector to identify buried metal artifacts is that when the metal is dug up, the context, or what archaeologists call provenience, is lost.
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The term "well-documented provenance" refers to an object's ownership history and should not be confused with archaeological "provenience," the find-spot of an object.
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The latrine, being provenience oriented, requires more meticulous troweling than plowzone units.
2009 Field Report 2 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009
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The field specimens we catalogue separately, making careful note to document the provenience, or specific place and level associated with discovery.
2009 Field Report 4 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009
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In any case Death and Decay are the provenience of this curse known as Liberalism, so we ought not to be surprised by their macabre desires, their ghoulish lusts.
NYT Encouraging Old Folks to Give up and Die - Warner_Todd_Huston’s blog - RedState 2009
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The latrine, being provenience oriented, requires more meticulous troweling than plowzone units.
2009 Field Report 2 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison 2009
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Note: To comply with the new FTC regs that will enter into effect soon, we will try and mark the provenience of each book reviewed here.
"Daughters of the North" by Sarah Hall (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu) Liviu 2009
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I realize that this relationship had an unusual provenience, but, you know, so what?
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It is recommended that museums and paleontological researchers do not purchase and/or trade fossils lacking clear provenience information.
Archive 2008-09-01 ReBecca Foster 2008
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It is recommended that museums and paleontological researchers do not purchase and/or trade fossils lacking clear provenience information.
"Dinosaur Frauds, Hoaxes & “Frankensteins” ReBecca Foster 2008
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