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hasLocation: Connect sites to their geographic coordinates or descriptive location

Example: Little John's Farm hasLocation Reading, Berkshire

hasGeology: Describe the underlying geological composition of a site

Example: Little John's Farm hasGeology "alluvial deposits overlying river gravels"

containsFinds: Link archaeological sites to artifacts discovered during excavation

Example: Little John's Farm containsFinds "worked flint" and "Late Bronze Age pottery"

hasChronologicalPeriod: Indicate the archaeological/historical periods represented at a site

Example: Little John's Farm hasChronologicalPeriod "Late Bronze Age"

hasArchaeologicalFeature: Catalog types of archaeological structures or deposits

In this case, notably "no archaeological features were recorded"

hasElevation: Record the site's height above sea level

Example: Little John's Farm hasElevation "38m above Ordnance Datum"

hasExcavationMethod: Document the archaeological investigation techniques used

Example: Little John's Farm hasExcavationMethod "trial trenching"

adjacentTo: Describe geographical relationships with nearby landmarks

Example: Little John's Farm adjacentTo River Thames, Railway Line

hasContextType: Classify archaeological contexts (topsoil, subsoil, natural layer)

Example: Site hasContextType "alluvial deposit"

containsPotentialPalaeoenvironmentalRemains: Indicate environmental research potential

Example: Site containsPotentialPalaeoenvironmentalRemains low/high

hasExcavationPhase: Track multiple excavation periods

Example: Little John's Farm hasExcavationPhase [June 2011, October 2011, December 2011]

hasCoordinateSystem: Document geospatial reference system

Example: Site hasCoordinateSystem "OSGB36 British National Grid"

hasSampleDepth: Record depth of archaeological investigations

Example: Site hasSampleDepth "0.30m to 2m below ground level"

hasProjectSponsor: Identify funding/commissioning organization

Example: Little John's Farm hasProjectSponsor "Festival Republic Ltd"

hasArchaeologicalPotential: Assess site's archaeological significance

Example: Site hasArchaeologicalPotential low/moderate/high

hasStratigraphicLayer: Describe soil/geological layering

Example: Site hasStratigraphicLayer ["topsoil", "subsoil", "river gravels"]

wasExcavatedBy: Link site to archaeological organization

Example: Little John's Farm wasExcavatedBy "Wessex Archaeology"

hasOriginalLandUse: Document previous site usage

Example: Site hasOriginalLandUse "livestock farm and festival ground"

containsArtifactType: Catalog specific artifact categories

Example: Site containsArtifactType ["worked flint", "pottery fragments"]

hasArchaeologicalRisk: Evaluate development impact potential

Example: Site hasArchaeologicalRisk low

hasEnvironmentalContext: Describe broader landscape characteristics

Example: Site hasEnvironmentalContext "Thames river valley"

wasDocumentedIn: Link to specific archaeological reports

Example: Little John's Farm wasDocumentedIn "Archaeological Evaluation Report, January 2012"

hasPreservationCondition: Assess artifact/deposit preservation quality

Example: Artifacts hasPreservationCondition "highly abraded"

hasTimeframe: Record precise archaeological investigation dates

Example: Site hasTimeframe "June 2011 to December 2011"

wasApprovedBy: Track regulatory archaeological permissions

Example: Site wasApprovedBy "Berkshire Archaeology"

hasMethodology: Document specific research/excavation approaches

Example: Site hasMethodology "trial trenching with GPS positioning"

containsEvidenceOf: Broad categorization of archaeological indicators

Example: Site containsEvidenceOf "prehistoric activity"

hasMaterialComposition: Describes the materials an artifact is made from

hasTypologicalClassification: Categorizes artifacts within archaeological typologies

hasManufacturingTechnique: Describes how an artifact was created

hasOriginalFunction: Indicates the artifact's probable use

hasChronologicalPeriodOfOrigin: Specifies the time period of artifact creation

hasDepositionContext: Describes the archaeological context of artifact discovery

hasStateOfPreservation: Details the condition of the artifact

hasManufacturingLocation: Suggests potential origin of manufacture

hasRawMaterialSource: Identifies the source of materials used in artifact creation

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