What is Type site?
{{nosources|date=May 2020}} In [[archaeology]], a '''type site''' (or '''type-site''', or '''typesite''') is a [[archaeological site|site]] that is typical of a particular [[archaeological]] [[culture]]. A type site contains [[artifact (archaeology)|artifacts]] which are typical of that culture. Type sites are often the first or foundational site discovered about the culture they represent. For example, the type site of the [[Pre-Pottery Neolithic A]] culture is [[Jericho]], in the [[West Bank]]. The type site of the pre-celtic/[[Celt|Celtic]] [[Bronze Age]] [[Hallstatt culture]] is the lakeside village of [[Hallstatt]], [[Austria]]. In [[geology]] the term is used similarly for a site considered to be typical of a particular rock formation, etc. The use of this term is similar to that of the [[type specimen]] in [[biology]]. {{sci-stub}} [[Category:Archaeology]] [[Category:Geology]]