Definitions for "Seriation"
a relative dating technique based on the chronological ordering of a group of artifacts or assemblages, where the most similar are placed adjacent to each other in the series. Two types of seriation can be recognized, frequency seriation and contextual seriation.
Ability to order items along a dimension. (271)
(SER·i·A·tion). The ordering of items by morphology—typological sequences of objects, particularly pottery, established by comparative studies of stratified assemblages from various sites in a certain region.
Keywords:  stylistic, succession, see
succession in a series. See "stylistic succession."
Keywords:  arrangement, position
Arrangement or position in a series.