The provenience, association, and matrix of such archaeological data SYNONYMS OR RELATED TERMS: ADTCATEGORY: database design DEFINITION: A class of data that does not conform to alphanumeric, numeric, Boolean, text, or string types; includes time and date fields as well as special data types for ordinal time, statistical dates, stratigraphic order, and CATEGORY: branch DEFINITION: The use of geological techniques and methods to archaeological work.