noun
- plural of provenience; the origins or sources of something, especially archaeological artifacts or historical objects
Usage: archaeological; formal
Examples
- The museum carefully documented the proveniences of all donated artifacts.
- Archaeologists must establish clear proveniences for their findings.
- The art dealer could not verify the proveniences of several paintings.
- Different proveniences were assigned to pottery fragments from various dig sites.
- Legal ownership depends on establishing legitimate proveniences for cultural objects.
- The database tracks proveniences of specimens across multiple collections.