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A: Project Level

Cait Campbell edited this page Apr 18, 2019 · 13 revisions

Information about the overarching archaeological enterprise, including data that define the project in the modern era and the project location in antiquity.

Define these fields as completely as possible at the time of the initial setup of ARCS for a project, but any relevant metadata omitted at this point can be entered for an individual resource and used to supplement/edit a field at a later time.

PROJECT dcterms:hasPart SEASON

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Name

Data Type: Text | Label: Name

Definition: Titles, identifying phrases, or names given to an archaeological space.

Country

Data Type: List | Label: Country

Definition: A type of “nationality” field, though not in adjectival form; country refers to the modern name of the nation state in which the project is located.

Define local controlled vocabulary for each project.

Comments: Isthmia uses Pleiades for terms

Region

Data Type: List | Label: Geographic Region

Definition: Geographic area where the project is located (modern).

Define local controlled vocabulary for each project.

Comments: Isthmia uses Pleiades for terms.

Modern Name

Data Type: List | Label: Modern Placename

Definition: The modern toponym of the geographic location of the project.

Define local controlled vocabulary for each project.

Comments: Isthmia uses Pleiades for terms.

Location-Identifier

Data Type: Text | Label: Location

Definition: Systematically assigned alphanumeric code identifying project location, if applicable.

Location-Identifier Scheme

Data Type: Text | Label: Location Source

Definition: Scheme used to generate identification code Location-Identifier, if applicable.

Geolocation

Data Type: Multi-text | Label: Coordinates

Definition: Coordinate pair(s) (latitude and longitude) that establishes a general location of project.

Formatting: Latitude,Longitude for example: 41.255678,13.435335

Comments: Use this site for latitude and longitude coordinates. N.B. There is no space between the coordinate pair -- only a comma.

Elevation

Data Type: Text | Label: Elevation

Definition: Highest and lowest recorded altitudes of the project location, expressed as a range in meters according to the WGS 84 system.

Earliest Date

Data Type: Date | Label: Earliest Research Activity

Definition: Earliest date associated with project activity, expressed in yyyy/mm/dd format.

Latest Date

Data Type: Date | Label: Latest Research Activity

Definition: Latest date associated with project activity, expressed in yyyy/mm/dd format.

Records Archive

Data Type: Multi-list | Label: Archive/Repository

Definition: Location(s) of project documentation and records. Uniform name of the physical repository or repositories with full address.

Comments: This field should be inclusive of data recorded in RESOURCE.Repository field and ARTIFACT-STRUCTURE.Repository.

Persistent Name

Data Type: Text | Label: Common Name

Definition: Name by which the location of the project is traditionally known.

Complex Title

Data Type: Text | Label: Associated Institution(s)

Definition: The name of the complex of which the project is a part, if applicable.

Comments: Example: The Ohio State University Excavations at Isthmia.

Terminus Ante Quem

Data Type: Date | Label: Earliest Cultural Activity

Definition: Date at which the project location begins to exhibit evidence of human activity.

Comments: This field should be inclusive of data recorded on the SEASON, EXCAVATION - SURVEY, and ARCHIVAL OBJECT levels.

Terminus Post Quem

Data Type: Date | Label: Latest Cultural Activity

Definition: Date at which the project location ceases to exhibit evidence of human activity.

Period

Data Type: Multi-list | Label: Periods of Cultural Activity

Definition: Term that identifies the named, defined period(s) whose characteristics are represented in the project location.

Define local controlled vocabulary for each project.

Comments: ARCS recommends developing a useful controlled vocabulary based on terms defined in PeriodO.

Archaeological Culture

Data Type: Multi-list | Label: Archaeological Culture

Definition: Recognizable and recurring assemblage of artifacts from a specific time and place. Thought to constitute the material remains of a particular past human society or group.

Define local controlled vocabulary for each project.

Comments: ARCS recommends developing a useful controlled vocabulary based on terms defined in: Getty, Pleiades, or Open Context.

This field should be inclusive of data recorded in RESOURCE: Archaeological Culture.

Description

Data Type: Text | Label: Full Description

Definition: Concise narrative outlining the project, its goals, duration, etc.

Comments: Other areas to cover might include: Feature(s): Identifiable features that are physically attached in an integral way to the project location; natural or created by human activity. Topography: Description of the general surface features of the project location. Transformation: Description of the anthropogenic alterations to the project location.

Brief Description

Data Type: Text | Label: None - not displayed

Definition: 2 sentence narrative describing the project. Will appear on the home page of the public site.

Permitting Heritage Body

Data Type: Multi-list | Label: Permitting Heritage Body

Definition: Name of the heritage body granting permission for project.