Used for recording the techniques, recovery methods and materials associated with the archaeological sciences.
Archaeological Sciences (EH)
http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/thesaurus.asp?thes_no=560&thes_...
MINERALOGY: http://heritagedata.org/test/schemes/560/concepts/142169.html; PEAT HUMIDIFICATION: http://heritagedata.org/test/schemes/560/concepts/147278.html; DENDROCHRONOLOGY: http://heritagedata.org/test/schemes/560/concepts/142131.html;
Archaeology
Archaeological aspects; archaeological investigative techniques; archaeological material types; archaeological methods of recovery; archaeological modification states
This vocabulary is one of several cultural heritage vocabularies that are available as Linked Open Data as an outcome of the SENESCHAL project, described at http://www.heritagedata.org.
"Please note that these thesauri [at http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/frequentuser.html] group terms by class rather than the broadest noun term (Top Term). ... These thesauri do not have Top Terms as the classes are not part of the hierarchy."
Archaeological concepts
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