assemblage
n.a group of things that are put together to form a collection. In archaeology, it refers to the different objects found together at a specific place.
n.a collection of objects or people gathered together. In an archaeological context, it refers to the specific group of artifacts found at a single site or within a specific layer of soil.
“The museum displays a large assemblage of ancient pottery.”
“Archaeologists carefully documented the assemblage of tools found in the cave to understand the daily life of the inhabitants.”
“The unique assemblage of stone tools and bone fragments suggests that this site was a primary settlement for several generations before the community moved to the valley floor.”
“Some fossil assemblages are like the ruins of Pompeii—buried rapidly and thus providing a snapshot of past communities frozen in time.”
“Allison – who is less a character than a loose assemblage of simple responses to stimulants, though things improve slightly after the pilot – is outraged.”
Borrowed from French assemblage. By surface analysis, assemble + -age.
Etymology adapted from Wiktionary, available under CC BY-SA 4.0.