Feature

CIDOC documentation: E18 Physical Thing

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

Form fields

• Name

• Type

• Date

• Description

• Super - a Place which it is a part of

• Map

Can be linked via tabs to

• Source - when it is referenced there

• Event - only for new events. For existing the location at the event itself can be edited.

• Reference

• Stratigraphic unit

• File

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.