archaeological horizons

Noun

archaeological horizon (plural archaeological horizons)

1. A common set of artefacts that identifies a culture and is found disseminated widely (usually over a number of sites, but sometimes widely over one site) but restricted to a single stratum; a layer or stratum.
   • The Lochnore Phase is followed by the Shuswap Horizon, the first of three archaeological horizons that together comprise the Late Period of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River area.1996, Arnoud R. Stryd, Michael K. Rousseau, “Early Prehistory of the Mid Fraser-Thompson River Area”, in Roy L. Carlson, Luke Robert Dalla Bona, editors, Early Human Occupation in British Columbia...