Categories and Subcategories

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
Frame
ID
Other
Roll
Subject
Pollen



Count
Other
Taxon
Provenience and Context


























Context
Date
Depth
East
Excavation Method
Feature ID/Number
Feature Type
Horizontal Location
Inclusions
Item/Slash
Level
Locus
Lot
Measurement
North
Other
Project
Recovery Method
Sampling
Screening
Site
Soil Color
Stratum
Unit
Vertical Position
Volume
Rock Art





Exposure
Form
Other
Style
Technology
Shell




Completeness
Count
Measurement
Modification
Other
Taxon
Weight
Storage



Box Number
Location
Other
Textile









Count
Design
Form
Function
Material
Measurement
Other
Technique
Weight