| has gloss | eng: The archaeological sequence or sequence for short, on a specific archaeological site can be defined on two levels of rigour. # Normally it is adequate to equate it to archaeological record. However, the two terms are not exactly interchangeable. The term Archaeological record is broader in its meaning and can be applied to artifacts and other evidence such as Biofacts and Manuports as well as to the stratigraphy of a site. Also, the terms Archaeological sequence and Archaeological stratigraphy are closely related and somewhat interchangeable. These colloquial uses of the term are normal in conversation but: # The term sequence when narrowly defined, and used in a serious piece of writing, refers to the stratigraphy of a given site or any discrete part of the archaeological record as revealed by stratification. |