Stratigraphic unit

CIDOC documentation: E18 Physical Thing

Stratigraphic units are primarily used to record archaeological data. They are subunits of a Feature which itself is a subunit of a Place. For an archaeological workflow example see Archaeological data.

Form fields

• Name

• Type

• Date

• Description

• Super - a Feature which it is a part of

• Map

Can be linked via tabs to

• Source - link if a stratigraphic unit is referenced in a source

• Event - you can link a stratigraphic subunit to a newly created event. It’s not possible to link to existing events in this way; you can link a place to an existing event via the event’s form though

• Reference

• Artifact

• Human remains

• File

Anthropological analyses

Clicking on the tools button leads you to the Anthropological Analyses.

Super and subunits

In the OpenAtlas database a Stratigraphic unit is a subunit of a Feature. A Feature can consist of one or more Stratigraphic units (e.g. grave as feature can contain one or more burials, a backfilling, etc.). Stratigraphic units themselves are structured in the same way and can be connected to Artifact and Human remains as their subunits.