One problem with using a metal detector to identify buried metal artifacts is that when the metal is dug up, the context, or what archaeologists call provenience, is lost. From Wordnik.com. [Interactive Dig Mt. Vernon - Ask an Archaeologist] Reference
The term "well-documented provenance" refers to an object's ownership history and should not be confused with archaeological "provenience," the find-spot of an object. From Wordnik.com. [Getty Gets Fleischman Collection] Reference
Appendix A: Size and provenience of objects illustrated. From Wordnik.com. [The Material Culture of Pueblo Bonito] Reference
Once dry, the grid location from provenience would not be lost. From Wordnik.com. [Scholz, Klaus D.] Reference
Auerbach's conception of realism differ also in their historical provenience. From Wordnik.com. [REALISM IN LITERATURE] Reference
For any object to be educationally valuable, it must have a known provenience. From Wordnik.com. [From the President: Landmark Decision] Reference
As soon as the magazine appeared, a furor erupted over the vase's provenience. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial in Rome] Reference
I realize that this relationship had an unusual provenience, but, you know, so what?. From Wordnik.com. ['But She's Not Part Of My Family'] Reference
The folk-lore respecting the provenience of children may be divided into two categories. From Wordnik.com. [The Child and Childhood in Folk-Thought Studies of the Activities and Influences of the Child Among Primitive Peoples, Their Analogues and Survivals in the Civilization of To-Day] Reference
Images of objects are plentiful, and download at thumbnail size with provenience information. From Wordnik.com. [Multimedia: What's On Line? Part II] Reference
In archaeology, we consider the provenance, or provenience, of an artifact to be the find spot. From Wordnik.com. [The Magyar Venus]
The latrine, being provenience oriented, requires more meticulous troweling than plowzone units. From Wordnik.com. [2009 Field Report 2 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison] Reference
Now, forgery is another reason for people to stop purchasing Asian artifacts that lack a real provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Fakes Flood Market] Reference
George Ortiz talks openly and proudly about his collection of objects, few of which have any known provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Untangling the Antiquities Web] Reference
Writing in The Art Newspaper, Boston University's Elia criticized the provenience of the objects in the catalog. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial in Rome] Reference
A day before the gallery opened, an article in the Boston Globe raised questions about the artifacts 'provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Antiquities Scandal] Reference
When Bell asked for permission to study the artifacts to see if he could determine their provenience, the Met refused. From Wordnik.com. [The Trial in Rome] Reference
If you lived out-of-doors, you needed a knife, and she had never seen a better knife than this one, despite its provenience. From Wordnik.com. [The Pillars of Creation]
Even then, it was mostly operational, and he was adamant that these operations were the exclusive provenience of the artisan. From Wordnik.com. [The Creation of Color in Eighteenth-Century Europe] Reference
Note: To comply with the new FTC regs that will enter into effect soon, we will try and mark the provenience of each book reviewed here. From Wordnik.com. ["Daughters of the North" by Sarah Hall (Reviewed by Liviu Suciu)] Reference
It is recommended that museums and paleontological researchers do not purchase and/or trade fossils lacking clear provenience information. From Wordnik.com. [Archive 2008-09-01] Reference
During his 1990-1993 term, Mitsotakis fell under heavy criticism for his large antiquities collection, nearly all of which lacked provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Corinth Loot Found Under Fresh Fish] Reference
Before attempting to decide anything concerning the provenience of these two tales, we shall first examine versions of the story from other parts of the world. From Wordnik.com. [Filipino Popular Tales] Reference
A significant number of bones came from skeletons for which there was little or no provenience. From Wordnik.com. [- Front Page] Reference
There seems to be a mix-up with the provenience of Mozart: He was born in the sovereign Archbishopric of. From Wordnik.com. [Conservapedia - Recent changes [en]] Reference
The few published critical examinations of the Manual focus on the text's provenience and philosophical roots. From Wordnik.com. [PLIGG_Visual_Name - PLIGG_Visual_RSS_All] Reference
The software can yield a comparison of all these resources - number of applicants, their qualications and provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Slovak Spectator] Reference
The stories told here by him are of various provenience, Oriental, and Occidental, and some reflect his own experience. From Wordnik.com. [The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume 14: Simony-Tournon] Reference
The Strangford "Apollo" (Fig. 100) is of uncertain provenience, but is nearly related in style to the marbles of Aegina. From Wordnik.com. [A History of Greek Art] Reference
1 On the provenience and authenticity of various ante-Han texts cf. Maspero in. From Wordnik.com. [Discourses On Salt and Iron] Reference
A unit’s location in space in time, known as its provenience, is recorded using a dry-erase board. From Wordnik.com. [2009 Field Report 2 « Interactive Dig Johnson's Island – Unlocking a Civil War Prison] Reference
No further provenience information available. From Wordnik.com. [Geneva Seizure] Reference
Yet he had predecessors and a provenience. From Wordnik.com. [Chapter 7. Mark Twain] Reference
Country of provenience: Turkey. From Wordnik.com. [Pixel2Life.com: Latest 15 Tutorials] Reference
3 Here, these two terms mean, approximately, “aim” and “provenience,” respectively. From Wordnik.com. [Conflict and The Web of Group-Affiliations] Reference
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