template description

ABotIsotopes.csv

Archaeobotanical Isotope table: Isotopic values of specific archaeolbotanical plant remains.

ABotPhases.csv

Archaeobotanical phase table: Additional phase data that is only relevant for botanical remains, such as recovery method etc.

ABotSamples.csv

Archaeobotanical samples table: Records of all taxa.

C14Ghosts.csv

C14 Ghosts table: Published radiocarbon dates that BIAD has rejected from the C14 table for various reasons, mainly due to missing crucial meta data or hoor hygiene.

C14Samples.csv

C14 samples table. Radiocarbon dates with the minimum acceptable level of meta data and data hygiene.

Citations.csv

Citations table: detailed bibliographic information.

FaunalBiometrics.csv

Faunal Biometrics table: including detailed measurements of specific skeletal elements.

FaunalIsotopeSequences.csv

Faunal Isotope Sequences table: A child table of Faunal Isotopes, where sequential sampling data are available.

FaunalIsotopes.csv

Faunal Isotopes table: Direct isotope values and model parameters from faunal bones and teeth, including Carbon, Nitrogen, Oxygen and Sulfur.

FaunalSpecies.csv

Records of all species identified at the phase level for each site, with their associated age and sex trends, pathologies, and body part representation.

GraveConstruction.csv

Grave Construction table: key construction elements present at a grave.

GraveIndividuals.csv

Individual humans in the graves.

Graves.csv

BIAD defines a grave as the immediate context in which human remains are found. A grave may contain one or more human individuals.

Health.csv

Various biological markers of the health of individual human remains.

HumanIsotopeSequences.csv

Human Isotope Sequences table: sequential sampling e.g. from laser ablation data on a single tooth, hair or nail.

HumanIsotopes.csv

Human isotopes table: direct isotope values including Strontium Carbon, Nitrogen and Oxygen from human samples including bones and teeth.

MaterialCulture.csv

The Material Culture table is arguably the most troublesome and immature data table, given the challenge of establishing traits that are important and relevant for the vast diversity of archaeological artefacts.

Metallurgy.csv

Compositional data of elemental metal and metal oxide percentages of any material culture objects, including metals, ores, slags, ceramics etc.

PhaseCitation.csv

All citations available that have data associated with a phase.

PhaseOrder.csv

Sequential order of phases, in terms of chronological order.

PhaseTypes.csv

A dificult term to define, but is intuitively recognised as a broad description of the main architectural function or intended purpose of the sitephase.

Phases.csv

The phase is the most useful level of aggregation, representing discrete archaeological phases at a site.

Rites.csv

Burial rite information associated with human individuals, such as body positioning etc.

Sites.csv

The Sites table represents the highest level in the relationships since all data must be associated with a site.

StrontiumEnvironment.csv

Strontium Environment table provides local estimates of the baseline environmental strontium isotope ratios.