Two chronologically distinct strata of palaeolithic settlement were identified beneath the surface layer.

Five chronologically distinct strata can be identified within the Vedic language (Witzel 1989).

From her research, Eva Rosenfeld had identified two distinct social strata which are clearly recognized by members.

This deals with the range of wealth, rather than the existence of distinct strata.

Scheler identified four distinct but interrelated strata found in human emotional life.

The 81 academic high schools in the city fall into three distinct strata.

Two test pits yielded a large of number of potsherds in distinct strata.

The nobility and the serfs emerged, then, as two of the distinct strata in feudal society.

Some stones have three distinct strata; a few have as many as five.

In this regard, the paintings are geological, with each layer forming a distinct strata.