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A: Project Level
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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Data Type: Text | Label: Name
Definition: Titles, identifying phrases, or names given to an archaeological space.
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
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.
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.
Data Type: Text | Label: Location
Definition: Systematically assigned alphanumeric code identifying project location, if applicable.
Data Type: Text | Label: Location Source
Definition: Scheme used to generate identification code Location-Identifier, if applicable.
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.
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.
Data Type: Date | Label: Earliest Research Activity
Definition: Earliest date associated with project activity, expressed in yyyy/mm/dd format.
Data Type: Date | Label: Latest Research Activity
Definition: Latest date associated with project activity, expressed in yyyy/mm/dd format.
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.
Data Type: Text | Label: Common Name
Definition: Name by which the location of the project is traditionally known.
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.
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.
Data Type: Date | Label: Latest Cultural Activity
Definition: Date at which the project location ceases to exhibit evidence of human activity.
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.
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.
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.
Data Type: Text | Label: None - not displayed
Definition: 2 sentence narrative describing the project. Will appear on the home page of the public site.
Data Type: Multi-list | Label: Permitting Heritage Body
Definition: Name of the heritage body granting permission for project.