Typology is the study of types or the systematic classification of the types of something according to their common characteristics. Typology is the act of finding, counting and classification facts with the help of eyes, other senses and logic. Typology may refer to: * Typology (anthropology), division of culture by races *

Typology (archaeology) In archaeology, a typology is the result of the classification of things according to their physical characteristics. The products of the classification, i.e. the classes, are also called types. Most archaeological typologies organize portable ...

, classification of artefacts according to their characteristics * Typology (linguistics), study and classification of languages according to their structural features **

Morphological typology Morphological typology is a way of classifying the languages of the world (see linguistic typology) that groups languages according to their common morphological structures. The field organizes languages on the basis of how those languages form ...

, a method of classifying languages * Typology (psychology), a model of personality types **

Psychological typologies Psychological typologies are classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people. The problem of finding the essential basis for the classification of psychological types—that is, the basis of determining a broade ...

, classifications used by psychologists to describe the distinctions between people * Typology (statistics), a concept in statistics, research design and social sciences *

Typology (theology) Typology in Christian theology and biblical exegesis is a doctrine or theory concerning the relationship of the Old Testament to the New Testament. Events, persons, or statements in the Old Testament are seen as types prefiguring or supers ...

, in Christian theology, the interpretation of some figures and events in the Old Testament as foreshadowing the New Testament *

Typology (urban planning and architecture) Typology is the study and classification of object types. In urban planning and architecture, typology refers to the task of identifying and grouping buildings and urban spaces according to the similarity of their essential characteristics. Comm ...

, the classification of characteristics common to buildings or urban spaces *

Building typology Building typology refers to the study and documentation of buildings according to their essential characteristics. In architectural discourse typological classification tends to focus on building function (use), building form, or architectural sty ...

, relating to buildings and architecture * Farm typology, farm classification by the USDA *

Sociopolitical typology Sociopolitical typology refers to four types, or levels, of a political organization: "band", "tribe", "chiefdom", and "state", created by the anthropologist Elman Service. Overview Service's work is fundamental to cultural materialism, one amo ...

, four types, or levels, of a political organization

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