Stratigraphical

adj

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Definitions

Adjective
  1. 1
    Stratigraphic. not-comparable

    "The report of the excavations at this site was published later in 1976 (Shan-tung-sheng, Tung-hai-yü, and Jih-chao 1976); but prior to the availability of stratigraphical evidence, it seemed fully apparent that the pottery associated with the Jih-chao and Wei-fang areas—where we meet for the first time a high percentage of black wares turned on a fast wheel—represented a phase subsequent to that at Hsi-hsia-hou."

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"The report of the excavations at this site was published later in 1976 (Shan-tung-sheng, Tung-hai-yü, and Jih-chao 1976); but prior to the availability of stratigraphical evidence, it seemed fully apparent that the pottery associated with the Jih-chao and Wei-fang areas—where we meet for the first time a high percentage of black wares turned on a fast wheel—represented a phase subsequent to that at Hsi-hsia-hou."

Etymology

From Latin strātum + -graphical.

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