Concise Oxford Dictionary of Archaeology (752 page)

Tylor , Edward Burnett
(1832–1917)
[Bi].

English banker and businessman who became interested in anthropology as a result of a casual contact with Henry Christy . He became reader in anthropology at the University of Oxford in 1884 and Professor in 1896. His special area of study was ancient Mexico.
[Obit.:
American Anthropologist
, 19 (1917), 262–8]

 
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An enclosed space in the head of an arch or doorway; the vertical face, usually triangular in outline, at the rear of a pediment.

 
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A specific artefact, structure, or other definable element of material culture defined by the consistent clustering of attributes which serve to represent the
taxon
of which it is a member.
Ideal-types
are idealized specimens, all other examples differing from them to a greater or lesser extent. Ceramic vessels, for example, are said to be of the same type if they are identical in all significant features of form and fabric and not merely similar in general appearance.

 
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A grouping of associated artefacts identified and characterized for comparison with other groups. The formulated grouping may or may not coincide with the actual patterns of tool association perceived by the original manufacturers.

 
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A set of objects of the same general class, but of different types, that are arranged in topological order in such as way as to suggest a chronological sequence.

 
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A place, usually an excavated site or the site of a major discovery, that gives its name to a culture, cultural period, tradition, or artefact type because it provided the first recognized, best studied, or most representative example.

 
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