Horizon (archaeology)
In archaeology, the general meaning of horizon is a distinctive type of sediment, artefact, style, or other cultural trait that is found across a large geographical area from a limited time period.[1][2][3] The term derives from similar ones in geology, horizon or marker horizon, but where these have natural causes, archaeological horizons are caused by humans. Most typically, there is a change in the type of pottery found and in the style of less frequent major artefacts. Across a horizon, the same type of artefact or style is found very widely over a large area, and it can be assumed that these traces are approximately contemporary.
General
The term is used to denote a series of stratigraphic relationships that constitute a
An example of a horizon is the
Americas
In the
The same terms (Early, Middle, and Late Horizons) are sometimes used for the
See also
Notes
- ^ Kipfer, Barbara Ann. "Horizon". Archaeology Wordsmith. Archived from the original on 11 January 2018. Retrieved 22 April 2016.
- ^ Pool, p. 181.
- ^ Anthony, p. 131.
- ^ Daily Life in the Inca Empire, 2nd Edition, Michael A. Malpass, pp. 8-9; Essential Humanities. "History of Precolonial Meso/South America." Accessed 9 May 2017. [1]
- ISBN 0884022072, 9780884022077 google books
References
- Pool, Christopher A. (2007). Olmec Archaeology and Early Mesoamerica. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 978-0-521-78882-3.
- David W. Anthony (2007). "How to Reconstruct a Dead Culture". The Horse, the Wheel, and Language: How Bronze-Age Riders from the Eurasian Steppes Shaped the Modern World. Princeton University Press. pp. 131–. ISBN 978-0-691-05887-0. Retrieved 21 October 2011.