A layer in which an original deposit is preserved as it existed when the site was abandoned. The term describes any layer of in situ accumulation of domestic refuse and other debris resulting from occupation of an area of a site by man.
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A term applied by archaeologists to any layer that is believed to be an in situ accumulation of domestic refuse and other debris resulting from occupation of an area of a site by man. It is not at all certain that all deposits described as occupation layers necessarily originated in that way.