Relating to or describing geological deposits or artifacts found on top of or above a stone layer or bedrock.
From 'epi' (above), 'bathos' (depth/bottom), and 'lithic' (stone). The term combines geological terminology to describe surface-level stone or rock positioning.
Archaeologists love this word because it helps them describe exactly where something was found—'above the stone layer'—which tells them how old the artifact might be.
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