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taphological

taphological adjective: of or relating to taphology.

Adjective

taphological (not comparable)

  1. (rare) Of or relating to taphology.
    • At the same time, it must be acknowledged that Mousterian burials are still a poorly studied source from the taphological point of view, i.e. as far as study of the actual burial rites is concerned.[…]The numbers of sites with burials, their dating, natural habitat, and the approximate number of...1988, Yuri Smirnov, “Mousterian Burials”, in Social Sciences, volume XIX, number 1, USSR Academy of Sciences, pages 138 and 141
    • Taphological processes have preserved remains of bygone biospheres for us to see[…]1989, Robert Krieps, editor, Environment and Health: A Holistic Approach, Avebury, →ISBN, page 22

Examples of taphological in a sentence

  • Taphological examination was indecisive on this question (my thanks to R.1990, Qedem, Monographs of the Institute of Archaeology, page 143, column 1:
  • However, by employing archaeological methods to various taphological projects, we can gain a much higher level of certainty with respect to such matters.2006, Ryan M. Seidemann, “Stones and Bones: Can Taphologists and Archaeologists Happily Coexist?”, in AGS Quarterly: Bulletin of the...

Origin of taphological

From taphology + -ical.

Questions about taphological

What does taphological mean?
Taphological means of or relating to taphology.
How do you use taphological in a sentence?
Taphological examination was indecisive on this question (my thanks to R.
What part of speech is taphological?
Taphological is an adjective.

Words near taphological in the dictionary

  1. taphoflora
  2. taphofloras
  3. taphold
  4. taphole
  5. tapholes
  6. taphological
  7. taphologist
  8. taphologists
  9. taphology
  10. taphomorph
  11. taphomorphs

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