Definition of "provenience" []

• A source or origin. (noun)

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• "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."
• "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."
• "The latrine, being provenience oriented, requires more meticulous troweling than plowzone units."