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from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition.
- noun The study of rock strata, especially the distribution, deposition, and age of sedimentary rocks.
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun In geology, order and position of the stratified groups; all that part of geological science which is not specially theoretical or paleontological; general descriptive geology.
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English.
- noun That branch of geology which treats of the arrangement and succession of strata.
from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License.
- noun geology The study of
rock layers and thelayering process (stratification ). - noun archaeology the layering of deposits, with newer remains overlaying older ones, forming a
chronology of the site.
from WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
- noun the branch of geology that studies the arrangement and succession of strata
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Examples
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The technical name for these layers is strata, and the careful study of them is called stratigraphy.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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The technical name for these layers is strata, and the careful study of them is called stratigraphy.
The Trojan War Barry Strauss 2006
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Radiocarbon dating was still in the future, so archaeologists used relative methods of dating such as stratigraphy and stone tool typologies to deduce the age of a site.
Drawn to Archaeology 2008
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The KT boundary was refined using a range of techniques such as stratigraphy & fossils, various radiometric techniques etc. - kinda like multi-proxies.
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This generation of archaeologists had borrowed the concept of stratigraphy, meaning “stratification,” from geologists who used the term to describe the strata that made up the earth’s crust.
The Goddess and the Bull MICHAEL BALTER 2005
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TOPO/GRAPHY | An exhibition that investigates the mapping of the relief, stratigraphy and history of land.
Bill Bush: Distinct of a Decade and Definitive of an Era: This Artweek.LA (June 27-July 3) Bill Bush 2011
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TOPO/GRAPHY | An exhibition that investigates the mapping of the relief, stratigraphy and history of land.
Bill Bush: Distinct of a Decade and Definitive of an Era: This Artweek.LA (June 27-July 3) Bill Bush 2011
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A stone's throw from the traffic and diversity of nearby Arusha, Tanzania, a village community -- what we might call neighborhood -- is preserved in the distinctly non-urban, tribal traditions which overlay the foundational stratigraphy of East Africa.
Charles R. Wolfe: Envisioning the Blend: Tradition, Tourism and Sustainability Charles R. Wolfe 2011
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TOPO/GRAPHY | An exhibition that investigates the mapping of the relief, stratigraphy and history of land.
Bill Bush: Distinct of a Decade and Definitive of an Era: This Artweek.LA (June 27-July 3) Bill Bush 2011
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TOPO/GRAPHY | An exhibition that investigates the mapping of the relief, stratigraphy and history of land.
Bill Bush: Distinct of a Decade and Definitive of an Era: This Artweek.LA (June 27-July 3) Bill Bush 2011
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Another word for this analytic technique is “stratigraphy,” or the study of the earth’s layers in their historical context.
Four Lost Cities: A Secret History of the Urban Age Annalee Newitz 2023
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