Database Glossary
Definitions for tables in the overall database. Field names, field types, field sizes, and field
descriptions are given.
GeneralSiteInformation (General Site Information)
| SiteID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Site ID |
| SiteNumber |
Short Text |
255 |
Site number |
| SiteOrder |
Short Text |
255 |
Site number, fixed format |
| County |
Short Text |
255 |
County |
| SiteName |
Short Text |
255 |
Site name |
| BriefDescription |
Short Text |
255 |
Brief description |
| SiteType |
Short Text |
255 |
Site type |
| SiteNotes |
Long Text |
- |
Site notes |
| Ethnicity |
Short Text |
255 |
Ethnicity |
| OtherEthnic |
Short Text |
255 |
Other ethnicity |
| OtherPrehistoricContext |
Short Text |
255 |
Other prehistoric context |
| OtherHistoricContext |
Short Text |
255 |
Other historic context |
| LocationEast |
Short Text |
255 |
Location east |
| LocationNorth |
Short Text |
255 |
Location north |
| HasSiteSummary |
Yes/No |
1 |
Has site summary? |
| LinkToSynthesis |
Short Text |
255 |
Link to Synthesis Project file |
SiteFunction (Site Function)
| ID |
Long Integer |
4 |
ID |
| SiteID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Site ID |
| SiteFunction |
Short Text |
255 |
Site function |
| HistoricPH |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic or prehistoric |
SiteDate (Site Date)
| ID |
Long Integer |
4 |
ID |
| SiteID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Site ID |
| SiteDate |
Short Text |
255 |
Site date |
| HistoricPH |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic or prehistoric |
FeatureInformation (Feature Information)
| FeatureID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Feature ID |
| FeatureIDText |
Short Text |
255 |
Feature name |
| FeatureOrder |
Short Text |
255 |
Feature name, fixed format |
| SiteNumber |
Short Text |
255 |
Associated site number |
| Macrofeature |
Short Text |
255 |
Macrofeature |
| HistoricPrehistoric |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic or prehistoric |
| FeatureNotes |
Long Text |
- |
Feature notes |
| AssociatedFeatures |
Long Text |
- |
Associated features |
| NoOfArtifacts |
Long Integer |
4 |
Number of artifacts |
| Catalog |
Yes/No |
1 |
Has artifact catalog? |
| ExcavType |
Short Text |
255 |
Excavation type |
| ReportID |
Short Text |
255 |
Report ID |
| PrehistoricFeatureDate |
Long Text |
- |
Prehistoric feature date |
| HistoricFeatureDate |
Long Text |
- |
Historic feature date |
| SpecializedAnalysis |
Yes/No |
1 |
Specialized analysis? |
| SocialStatus |
Short Text |
255 |
Social status |
| EthnicStatus |
Short Text |
255 |
Ethnic status |
| HouseholdOrName |
Short Text |
255 |
Household or name |
| Radiocarbon |
Yes/No |
1 |
Radiocarbon analysis? |
| RadiocarbonNotes |
Short Text |
255 |
Radiocarbon notes |
| CeramicVessel |
Yes/No |
1 |
Ceramic vessel analysis? |
| CeramicVesselNotes |
Short Text |
255 |
Ceramic vessel notes |
| GlassVessel |
Yes/No |
1 |
Glass vessel analysis? |
| GlassVesselNotes |
Short Text |
255 |
Glass vessel notes |
| TobaccoPipeBoreDiameter |
Yes/No |
1 |
Tobacco pipe bore diameter analysis? |
| TobaccoPipeBoreDiameterNotes |
Short Text |
255 |
Tobacco pipe bore diamete notes |
| FaunalAnalysis |
Yes/No |
1 |
Faunal analysis? |
| PaleobotanicalAnalysis |
Yes/No |
1 |
Paleobotanical analysis? |
| LithicAnalysis |
Yes/No |
1 |
Lithic analysis? |
| FTIR |
Yes/No |
1 |
FTIR analysis? |
| XRF |
Yes/No |
1 |
XRF analysis? |
| SoilScreened |
Short Text |
255 |
Soil screened? |
| SoilChemicalAnalysis |
Yes/No |
1 |
Soil chemical analysis? |
| ShellWeighed |
Yes/No |
1 |
Shell weighed but not counted? |
| BrickWeighed |
Yes/No |
1 |
Brick weighed but not counted? |
| OtherAnalysis |
Short Text |
255 |
Other analysis? |
| LooseEnds |
Yes/No |
1 |
To be further investigated? |
| NonFeatureCollection |
Yes/No |
1 |
Non-feature collection? |
| HistoricOtherText |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic other text |
| PrehistoricOtherText |
Short Text |
255 |
Prehistoric other text |
| Assemblage |
Short Text |
10 |
Assemblage? (posthole or larger feature) |
FeatureFunction (Feature Function)
| ID |
Long Integer |
4 |
ID |
| FeatureID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Feature ID |
| FeatureFunction |
Short Text |
255 |
Feature function |
| HistoricPH |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic or prehistoric |
FeatureDate (Feature Date)
| ID |
Long Integer |
4 |
ID |
| FeatureID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Feature ID |
| FeatureDate |
Short Text |
255 |
Feature date |
| HistoricPH |
Short Text |
255 |
Historic or prehistoric |
FeatureEthnicity (Feature Ethnicity)
| FeatureID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Feature ID |
| EthnicStatus |
Short Text |
255 |
Ethnic status |
| FullText |
Short Text |
255 |
Full text |
SynthOnline (Synthesis Online)
| CLASS |
Short Text |
10 |
Site number |
| SITENAME |
Short Text |
30 |
Site name |
| ALTNAME |
Short Text |
55 |
Alternate name |
| SITETYPE |
Short Text |
110 |
Site type |
| PREHISTORIC |
Yes/No |
1 |
Prehistoric? |
| HISTORIC |
Yes/No |
1 |
Historic? |
| MARU |
Decimal |
16 |
Maryland Archeological Research Unit |
| MARINE |
Yes/No |
1 |
Marine? |
| SOILCODE |
Short Text |
12 |
Soil code |
| STMULTI |
Yes/No |
1 |
Multicomponent? |
| STSLAVE |
Yes/No |
1 |
Slave-related? |
| DATEFEAT |
Yes/No |
1 |
Feature date |
| KEYWORDS |
Short Text |
255 |
Keywords |
| SUMMARY |
Long Text |
- |
Summary |
| PDF_URL |
Long Text |
- |
URL of PDF file |
| PDF_REFERENCES |
Long Text |
- |
URL of References PDF file |
| PDF_URL_STRIPPED |
Short Text |
255 |
URL of PDF file, fixed format |
| PDF_REFERENCES_STRIPPED |
Short Text |
255 |
URL of References PDF file, fixed format |
| CLASS_FORMATTED |
Short Text |
40 |
Site number, fixed format |
Reports (Reports)
| ReportID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Report ID |
| ReportOrder |
Short Text |
255 |
Report order |
| Author |
Short Text |
255 |
Author(s) |
| Title |
Short Text |
255 |
Title |
| Imprint |
Short Text |
255 |
Imprint |
| ArticleDate |
Short Text |
255 |
Date produced |
| Comments |
Short Text |
255 |
Comments |
| Caption |
Short Text |
255 |
Caption for short reference |
| AuthoredBy |
Short Text |
255 |
Author(s), bibliography format |
| ThumbImage |
Short Text |
255 |
Thumb image |
| SummaryText |
Short Text |
255 |
Summary text |
| PDFFile |
Short Text |
255 |
Name of PDF file |
| ReportLocation |
Short Text |
255 |
Location of report |
ReportsToFeatures (Reports To Features)
| FeatureID |
Long Integer |
4 |
Feature ID |
| FeatureIDText |
Short Text |
255 |
Feature name |
| ReportID |
Short Text |
255 |
Report ID |
Links (Other Links)
| LinkID |
Text |
255 |
Link ID |
| SiteAbbrev |
Text |
255 |
Standard site abbreviation for project |
| LinkURL |
Text |
255 |
Full URL to link |
| Caption |
Text |
255 |
Caption |
| Reference |
Text |
255 |
Reference |
| ToDo |
Text |
255 |
Notes for to do |