type sites

Noun

type site (plural type sites)

1. An archaeological site considered the representative example of a particular culture, frequently its first discovery and frequently used as its eponym
   • The Late Bronze Age assemblage to which the type site offers no significant parallel.1935, Proceedings of the Prehistoric Society, 1 6
2. A geologic site considered the representative example or first discovery of a stratographic level or other feature
   • Each interglacial is named after a type site or area where deposits of that stage occur.1975, J.G. Evans, The Environment of Early Man on the British Isles, I 8