Feature

CIDOC documentation: E18 Physical Thing

Features are subunit of a Place and used in archaeological data recording. E.g. graves or buildings of an archaeological site would be considered features.

Form fields

• Name

• Type

• Date

• Description

• Super - Place the feature is a part of

• Map

Can be linked via tabs to

• Source - use, if a feature is referenced in it

• Event - use only for new events. For already existing events link the location in the event form

• Reference can be used to add a citation

• Stratigraphic unit is used to link a subunit of a feature (e.g. a skeleton (stratigraphic unit) in a grave (feature))

• File can be used to add files such as pictures

Super and subunits

In the OpenAtlas database a feature is a subunit of a Place. A Place can consist of one or more subunits called Features (e.g. buildings, graves, pits, ditches, ramparts etc.). Features themselves are structured in the same way as Places and can consist of one or more subunits that are labelled as Stratigraphic unit.