occupation layer

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noun

(on an archaeological site) a layer of remains left by a single culture, from which the culture can be dated or identified.

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Also called occupation level.

Origin of occupation layer

First recorded in 1950–55

Our excavations uncovered a deep series of occupation layers bearing thousands of stone tools and animal remains, as well as shell beads and ochre fragments.
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Just who is crazy enough to go swimming when the pond across the street has a layer of ice across the top?
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He was born in a barn to penniless parents who were part of a people under occupation.
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When summer comes, adult beetles attack and larva feed in the cambium layer, girdling the trees and sealing their doom.
What It Takes to Kill a Grizzly Bear|Doug Peacock|November 23, 2014|DAILY BEAST

After maybe an hour, the firefighters had cut through the last layer of a 4- by 8-foot area.
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These words take on a dark layer of irony given the charges facing her.
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It separates into three layers upon standing—a brown deposit, a clear fluid, and a frothy layer.
A Manual of Clinical Diagnosis|James Campbell Todd
At an early hour next morning the train of wagons got into motion, and the hunters went out to their usual occupation.
Hunting the Lions|R.M. Ballantyne
The upper surfaces of the boilers were covered with a layer of ashes for the same purpose.
Life of Richard Trevithick, Volume II (of 2)|Francis Trevithick
By the repetition of this process, a layer of several feet in thickness, of an excellent soil, is accumulated on the surface.
Elements of Agricultural Chemistry|Thomas Anderson
But, fortunately, they had scant time for repining, and there is nothing like active occupation to banish useless brooding.
Dorothy at Skyrie|Evelyn Raymond