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 |