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The 48 pages that link to Stratigraphy, each with the reason it gives.

• ArchaeologyRelated: Layer order helps determine when archaeological materials were deposited.

• Egyptian chronologyRelated: Layer order establishes relative sequences where absolute dates are unavailable.

• Archaeological contextRelated: Layer order establishes which deposits and finds came before or after others.

• Archaeological excavationRelated: Layers establish the sequence of deposits that excavation exposes and must record.

• Archaeological cultureRelated: Stratigraphic relationships help establish when a culture's material pattern appeared.

• ChronologyRelated: Layer order often establishes which events or objects came first.

• Sedimentary basinRelated: Stratigraphic patterns reveal the order and continuity of basin deposits.

• Biblical archaeologyRelated: Excavation layers help date settlements and events associated with biblical periods.

• Archaeological datingRelated: Layer order often establishes which archaeological materials are earlier or later.

• Archaeological siteRelated: Stratigraphic relationships help establish the relative order of activity at a site.

• Mesoamerican chronologyRelated: Layer order establishes relative sequences when absolute dates are unavailable.

• Egyptian archaeologyRelated: Layers at Egyptian sites help distinguish successive occupations and date finds relative to one another.

• PrehistoryRelated: Layers can order prehistoric finds even when no written dates exist.

• Historical chronologyRelated: Layer relationships establish which archaeological remains are earlier or later.

• Three-age systemRelated: Stratified finds provided evidence that artifact groups belonged to different times.

• Denisova CaveRelated: Cave layers help place fossils and artifacts within a long occupation history.

• Flinders PetrieRelated: Petrie recorded deposits and contexts systematically to preserve evidence about sequence.

• Forensic archaeologyRelated: Layer relationships can show when remains or objects entered a grave.

• Maya archaeologyRelated: Stratified contexts help date Maya buildings, burials, and discarded objects relative to one another.

• Archaeological chronologyRelated: Superposition usually places undisturbed lower archaeological layers earlier than those above them.

• Archaeological reconstructionRelated: Stratigraphic relationships help establish when structural phases and alterations occurred.

• ZhoukoudianRelated: Zhoukoudian’s layers help distinguish finds from different periods.

• Heinrich SchliemannRelated: Schliemann’s trenches exposed successive occupation levels, though his methods often damaged their contexts.

• Marija GimbutasRelated: Layer sequences help archaeologists test whether cultural changes occurred before or after one another.

• TellRelated: Successive occupation layers let excavators reconstruct the mound’s sequence of settlement.

• Arthur EvansRelated: Layered finds at Knossos helped Evans organize the site’s long Bronze Age history.

• Lower PaleolithicRelated: Layer relationships help place Lower Paleolithic artifacts in chronological order.

• ProtohistoryRelated: Layer order can test whether material evidence fits a text’s proposed chronology.

• Rock shelterRelated: Successive shelter-floor layers can preserve a chronological record of occupation.

• History of archaeologyRelated: Stratigraphic recording replaced the extraction of objects alone with evidence about their archaeological contexts.

• Mortimer WheelerRelated: Wheeler’s methods depended on reading layers carefully rather than treating a site as a single deposit.

• Prehistoric archaeologyRelated: Layer order helps determine which prehistoric remains came before others.

• Ancient historyRelated: Layer order helps reconstruct settlement histories where absolute dates are scarce.

• Paleo-IndiansRelated: Layer order helps determine whether artifacts belong to an early occupation or later disturbance.

• Prehistoric EuropeRelated: Layers help establish which European artifacts and occupations came before others.

• Josef SzombathyRelated: The site’s layers helped archaeologists place the figurine within a sequence of human activity.

• Helladic chronologyRelated: Layer relationships can order Helladic material when its calendar date is unknown.

• MahasthangarhRelated: Layering helps date successive occupations across the site's long history.

• Prehistory of TaiwanRelated: Layer relationships help distinguish earlier occupations from later ones at Taiwan’s sites.

• Prehistory of the LevantRelated: Layer relationships help place artifacts and occupations in sequence.

• South Asian Stone AgeRelated: Layer order helps place South Asian artifacts before or after ash, sediments, and other remains.