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<p>In <a href="/facts/Archaeology/K3Q5P38R">archaeology</a>, a type site  or type-site (<a href="/facts/British_English/ymJR5Rnd">British English</a>) is the <a href="/facts/Archaeological_site/zC1LtpXB">site</a> used to define a particular <a href="/facts/Archaeological_culture/atr9Dx9M">archaeological culture</a> or other <a href="/facts/Typology_(archaeology)/9KxgnSVI">typological unit</a>, which is often named after it. For example, discoveries at <a href="/facts/La_T%C3%A8ne_(archaeological_site)/T4tQtzEN">La Tène</a> and <a href="/facts/Hallstatt/1RtvzbFU">Hallstatt</a> led scholars to divide the <a href="/facts/Iron_Age_Europe/WnvERtpx">European Iron Age</a> into the <a href="/facts/La_T%C3%A8ne_culture/gsSxxffn">La Tène culture</a> and <a href="/facts/Hallstatt_culture/brpJ6dWw">Hallstatt culture</a>, named after their respective type sites.
</p><p>The concept is similar to <a href="/facts/Type_locality_(geology)/ky6QjASt">type localities</a> in <a href="/facts/Geology/WGvVRIYF">geology</a> and <a href="/facts/Type_specimen/mTM1beKX">type specimens</a> in <a href="/facts/Biology/1M1ee3pB">biology</a>.
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