Meaning & use
Seriation
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The arrangement of items, especially artifacts or data, into an ordered series based on a measurable characteristic such as age or style.
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Archaeologists used seriation to date the pottery fragments by changes in decorative style.
The statistician applied seriation to organize the survey responses chronologically.
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A key method in archaeology for relative dating, developed before radiocarbon dating became widely available.
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