Categories and Subcategories

Categories and Subcategories

Category Name

Category Name

Architecture





Material

Measurement

Other

Style/Type

Basketry










Count

Design

Form

Function

Material

Measurement

Other

Technique

Weight

Ceramic
















Composition

Count

Design/Decorative Element

Form

Measurement

Other

Paint

Part

Paste

Residue

Surface Treatment

Temper/Inclusions

Type

Variety/Subtype

Ware

Weight

Chipped Stone









Count

Form

Material

Measurement

Other

Retouch

Type

Weight

Dating Sample





Date

Error

Method

Other

Fauna































Age

Anterior/Posterior

Bone Artifact From

Breakage

Burning

Butchering

Completeness

Condition

Count

Cultural Modification

Digestion

Dorsal/Ventral

Element

Erosion

Fusion

Gnawing/Animal Modification

Measurement

Modification

Natural Modification

Other

Pathologies

Portion/Proximal/Distal

Sex

Side

Spiral Fracture

Taxon

Weathering

Weight

Zone

Zone Scheme

Figurine







Count

Form

Material

Measurement

Other

Style/Type

Glass









Count

Date

Form

Maker/Manufacturer

Material

Measurement

Other

Weight

Ground Stone








Completeness

Count

Form

Material

Measurement

Other

Weight

Historic Other









Count

Date

Form

Maker/Manufacturer

Material

Measurement

Other

Weight

Human Burial














 

Body Position/Flexure

Body Posture

Body Preparation

Burial Accompaniment

Burial Container

Burial Facility

Count

Disturbance

Facing

Measurement

Orientation/Alignment

Other

Preservation

Type of Interment

Human Dental













Buccal/Lingual/Occlusal

Chemical Assay

Count

Cultural Modification

Dental Pathologies

Dental Wear

Enamel Defects

Maxillary/Mandibular

Measurement

Other

Permanent/Deciduous

Tooth (element)

Human Skeletal




















 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 








Age

Age Criteria

Articulation

Bone Segment (proximal/distal)

Chemical Assay

Completeness

Condition

Count

Cranial Deformation

Crematory Burning

Cultural Modification

Diet

Disturbance

Disturbance Sources

Element

Epiphyseal Union

Fracture/Breakage

Health

Measurement

Nonmetric Trait

Other

Pathologies/Trauma

Preservation

Sex

Sex Criteria

Side

Weight

Lookup






Code

Description

Label

Notes

Other

Macrobotanical




Count

Other

Taxon

Metal









Count

Date

Form

Maker/Manufacturer

Material

Measurement

Other

Weight

Mineral







Count

Form

Measurement

Type

Other

Weight

Photograph








Direction

Film Type