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Archaeology

the cultural and natural processes that create, alter and destroy the archaeological record between the time of use and the time of excavation.

In archaeology, site formation processes refers to the cultural and natural processes that create, alter and destroy the archaeological record between the time of use and the time of excavation. This meaning comes from Schiffer (1987) in Formation processes of the archaeological record.[1]

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References

Schiffer, M. B. (1987). Formation processes of the archaeological record. University of New Mexico Press. ISBN 9780826309631

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