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Additional Notes on the Data
The online holdings for Anthropology include ledger data for all catalogued object lots.
Images are also available for subsets of the ledgers, most of these being for
Latin American material (many of the images were acquired
as part of a collections digitization grant
received from the National Endowment for the
Humanities [NEH PH-20726-95]).
CatalogNumber.
In the
Anthropology
collection, object lots are catalogued with a one to six digit number (e.g.,
YPM 10219), occasionally followed by an upper case letter (e.g., YPM 10219A).
Description.
The verbatim catalog entry for the object lot.
Materials.
The materials comprising the object lot. The list of available material terms presently includes
the following:
antler, bone, bark, ceramic, carbon, coral, coprolite, feathers, film, fossil, glass, hide, hair/fur, horn,
intestine, ivory, metal, mineral, miscellaneous, paper, paint/dye,pitch/resin, plant matter, plastic, plaster, quill,
rubber, shell, synthetic fiber, soil, stone, textile, twine, wood
Function.
A generalized classification for the function of the object lot. The list of available function terms presently includes
the following:
art (ritual objects, figurines); burial goods; containers (baskets); coins, currency; containers (other); clothing & adornment; containers (pots, etc.); containers (sherds); farming & food preparation; fire making,
fuel; human remains; miscellaneous; measuring devices; musical instruments; plant & animal remains; paintings,
prints & photos; raw materials; smoking complex (pharmaceuticals, etc.); structures & furnishings; textiles &
weaving equipment; tools & manufacturing equipment; transportation; toys & games; weaponry & food procurement; writing & printing
Locality. A composite of the country, state (equivalent),
county (or equivalent), place, and latitude & longitude, as available.
Latitude & longitude are ordinarily given to the nearest minute.
Period.
The provenance of the object lot. Not every object lot has been assigned a time period.
The list of available time periods presently includes
the following:
Aerodromo; Agua Blanca; Anadel; Apostadero; Archaic age; Archaic; Archeological age; Arroyo del
Palo; Bani; Barrancas; Betijoque; Boca
Chica; Boca Tacagua; Bontour; Byzantine; Cabaret; Camoruco; Cano del Oso; Capa; Carrier; Carupano; Cayo Redondo; Cedros;
Cementerio Tucacas; Ceramic age; Cerro Machado; Chancery
Lane; Chipepe; Chuare; Classic; Colonial; Coroso; Corozal; Cotua; Couri;
Cuevas; Dabajuro; Early Classic; Early Dynastic;
Early Formative; Early Post-Classic; El Agua; El
Conchero; El Guapo; El Heneal; El Jobo; El
Mayal; El Morro; El Palito; El Penon; El
Pinar; El Porvenir; Elenan; Erin;
Esperance; Esperanza; Fairfield; Fannis;
Finca; First Intermediate; Formative; Freeman's
Bay; Greco-Roman; Guaraguao; Guaribe; Guayabita; Hacienda Grande; Historic age; Hokomo; Horno; Indian Creek; Irapa; Jolly Beach; Krum
Bay; Kusu; La America; La Betania; La
Ermita; La Gruta; La Mulera; La Pitia; La
Salle; Las Minas; Late Ceramic age; Late Classic;
Late Formative; Late Formative/Early Classic; Late; Late Post-Classic; Lithic age; Little River;
Loma; Los Barrancos; Macaday; Magens Bay-Salt
River 1; Magens Bay-Salt River 2; Mamora Bay;
Manicuare; Manzanillo; Maurica; Meillac;
Memo; Meroitic; Middle Formative; Middle Kingdom; Mill
Reef; Miquimu; Mirinday; Modern;
Monserrate; Morel 1; Morel 2; Morel 3;
Morel 4; Neolithic; Neolithic; New Kingdom; Nueva Cadiz; Ocumare; Old Kingdom; Ortoire; Ostiones;
Paleolithic; Palmasola; Palmetto; Palo Seco;
Pearls; Pedro Garcia; Pequemar; Playa Guacuco; Post-Classic; Pre-Dynastic; Prosperity; Pueblo
Viejo; Puerto Cabello; Puerto Hormiga; Punta
Gorda; Punta; Rio Chico; Rio Guapo;
Ronquin; Saladero; Saladoid; Salt Pond;
San Pablo; Santa Ana; Santa Elena; Second
Intermediate; Siruma; Tabay; Taborda;
Tairona; Third Intermediate; Tierra de los Indios; Tocuyano; Topo; Tras de la Vela;
Troumassee A; Troumassee B; Unknown;
Valencia; White Marl.
OtherAttributes
Other object attributes that are
specific to the holdings of the
Anthropology
collection.
At present these include:
IMAGE = objects having an associated image; and geographic
designations as follows:
African, Asian, Caribbean, European, North American, Latin American, Oceanian.
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