Tahirler Project
Revised 7/2000
Metadata liaison: Allen Maberry
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Dublin Core |
Tahirler Project |
Description |
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Title: searchable, public/staff field; required field |
Title |
Title is a brief phrase which describes the subject in the image. . E.g. Justinianic coin from Kilisiler.
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Coverage: searchable, public/staff field |
Site |
The name of the archaeological site within the survey area of the Tahirler Project where pottery was collected or picture taken. E.g., Kilisiler; Poyrazoglu; Tahirler . |
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Identifier: searchable, public/staff field |
Catalog number |
The first three letters of the catalog number signify the name of the site; followed by the date when the pottery was collected or, in the case of views, when the picture was taken; the third number indicates the number of the sherd cataloged from that site. (N.B. some sample pieces of pottery were kept but not assigned catalog numbers.) The third number is, in some cases, preceded by a letter, which indicates and object or group of objects which were photographed but not kept: e.g., Poy-98-P4. Images which are not of artifacts (landscape, architecture, people, etc.) should have numbers of the form Poy-98-I [=Image]-number. |
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Title: searchable, public/staff field |
Object |
The Object featured in the image. E.g., Roman coin, Rim of a storage jar, View of hill-top fort from the North, etc. |
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Description: searchable, public/staff field |
Teaching notes |
Teaching notes contains a description (for the non-specialist audience) of the significance of the object under consideration. |
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Description: Searchable, public/staff field; required field |
Physical description |
The Physical description field will describe in detail the physical characteristics of artifacts or the features of particular images. Notes on pottery will include the type of ware, description of the fabric and slip, Munsell reading etc. E.g., Slip: 7.5 YR 7/6, reddish yellow, course fabric, silver mica, white sand inclusions. Fabric = Int/ext – 7.5 YR 7/6; = center – 10 YR 5/3 brown Size: Diameter 2.4 cm.
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Description: searchable, public/staff field |
Additional notes |
Additional notes is an area for informal notes, hypotheses, bibliography, references to similar objects from other sites, etc. |
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Coverage: searchable, public/staff field |
Area/Location |
Area/Location contains the exact find spot of the object when it is known. E.g., Found in gully on west side of Kilisiler ridge; From fallow field on south side of Dikmen Huyuk. |
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Source: searchable; staff field
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Current location |
Gives Current location of the object pictured. This will most often be the Ankara museum, although some of the artifacts may be held by local farmers. Non-public field
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Coverage: searchable, staff field |
GPS reading |
GPS reading and the year taken.
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None: searchable, public/staff field. |
Locus |
See below |
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None: non-searchable, staff field |
Locus description |
Both of the Locus fields refer to excavation data and can be added and mapped later, if permission is given to excavate the site. |
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Contributor: non-searchable, public/staff field |
Photographer |
Name of photographer. Input Last name, First name. |
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Date: non-searchable, public/staff field |
Date of photograph |
Input MM/DD/YY |
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None: non-searchable, public/staff field |
Photograph notes |
Contains notes, remarks on condition of photograph itself. |
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Rights: non-searchable, staff-only field |
Copyright |
This field lists the statement of copyright any restrictions on the use of an image. . |
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Format: non-searchable, staff-only field |
Transmission data |
Describes the digital conversion process, date scanned, etc. Example |