In archaeology a type site (also known as a type-site or typesite) is a site that is considered the model of a particular archaeological culture. For example, the type site of the Pre-Pottery Neolithic A culture is Jericho, in the West Bank. Importance and applicability Most of human history is not described by any written records. ... An archaeological site is a place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved (either prehistoric or historic or contemporary), and which has been investigated using the discipline of archaeology. ... In archaeology, culture refers to either of two separate but allied concepts: An archaeological culture is a pattern of similar artefacts and features found within a specific area over a limited period of time. ... The Pre-Pottery Neolithic A (short PPNA) represents the early neolithic in the Levantine and upper Mesopotamian region of the Fertile Crescent. ... Jericho (Arabic أريحا; ʼArīḥā; Hebrew יְרִיחוֹ; Standard Hebrew Yəriḥo; Tiberian Hebrew Yərîḫô, Yərîḥô) is a town in the West Bank, near the west bank of the Jordan River. ...

A type site contains artefacts, in an assemblage, that are typical of that culture. Type sites are often the first or foundational site discovered about the culture they represent. The use of this term is therefore similar to that of the specimen type in biology (see biological types). In archaeology, an artifact or artefact is any object made or modified by a human culture, and often one later recovered by some archaeological endeavor. ... An assemblage is an archaeological term meaning a group of different artefacts found in association with one another, that is, in the same context. ... Main articles: Life All organisms (viruses not included) consist of cells, which in turn, are based on a common carbon-based biochemistry. ... In scientific classification, a type is a specimen or description that corresponds to a taxon (a group of organisms), and helps to identify which organisms may be referred to with that name. ...

Some notable type sites are:

Europe

• a river terrace of the River Somme (Abbeville, France), of the Abbevillian culture
• Aurignac (Haute Garonne, France), of the Aurignacian culture
• La Madelaine (Dordogne, France), of the Magdalenian culture
• Le Moustier (Dordogne, France), of the Mousterian culture

Categories: France geography stubs | French rivers ... Collégiale St Vulfran Abbeville is a city in the Picardie région, in the north of France. ... Abbevillian is the term given by archaeologists to the earliest stone tool industries of Europe and Africa. ... Haute-Garonne is a département in the southwest of France named after the Garonne river. ... Aurignacian is the name of a culture of the Upper Palaeolithic present in Europe and south west Asia. ... Dordogne is a département in central France named after the Dordogne River. ... The Magdalenian, also spelt Magdalénien, refers to one of the later culture of the Upper Palaeolithic in western Europe. ... Dordogne is a département in central France named after the Dordogne River. ... Mousterian is a name given by archaeologists to style of flint tools (or industry) dating to the Palaeolithic or Old Stone Age. ...

Mesoamerica

• Uaxactun (Maya civilization, Dept.of Peten, Guatemala)

Uaxactun (pronounced Wash-ak-toon) is an ancient ruin of the Maya civilization, located in the Peten department of Guatemala, some 40 km (25 miles) north of Tikal. ... The Maya are people of southern Mexico and northern Central America (Guatemala, Belize, western Honduras, and El Salvador) with some 3,000 years of history. ...

Soutern Asia

• Kot Diji (pre-Harappanian civilization, Pakistan)
• Harappa (Indus civilization, Punjab, northeast Pakistan)