Documentation for HHI

Complex Type: funeraryPracticeType

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Super-types: None
Sub-types: None
Name funeraryPracticeType
Used by (from the same schema document) Complex Type burialType
Abstract no
Documentation allows the description of any funerary practices that have affected the preserved remains (specimen)
XML Instance Representation
<...>
<hhi:tissuePreservationPractice> [0..*]
<hhi:tissuePreservationTypeText> ... </hhi:tissuePreservationTypeText> [0..1]

'Free text field for any entry related to preserved body parts e..g whole body embalmed, ice-mummy etc.'

<hhi:tissuePreservationMethodText> ... </hhi:tissuePreservationMethodText> [0..*]

'enumerated method used for preserving body parts e.g. embalming, freezing, air drying'

<hhi:classifedTissuePreservationMethod> xs:string (value comes from list: {'embalming fluids'|'freezing'|'air drying'|'salt dessication'|'sand dessication'|'removal of organs'|'mummification'|'burial in peat'|'smoke'|'pickled in rum'}) </hhi:classifedTissuePreservationMethod> [0..*]

'enumerated method used for preserving body parts e.g. embalming, freezing, air drying'

</hhi:tissuePreservationPractice>
<hhi:defleshing> [0..*]
<hhi:defleshingText> ... </hhi:defleshingText> [0..1]

'Description of evidence and signs of defleshing associated with the specimen'

<hhi:classifiedDefleshingMethod> xs:string (value comes from list: {'subaerial sepulture'|'scraping'|'ritual dissection'|'cooking'|'chemical'|'sepulcher'}) </hhi:classifiedDefleshingMethod> [0..1]

'enumerated list of defleshing techniques associated with the specimen'

</hhi:defleshing>
</...>
Diagram
Schema Component Representation
<xs:complexType name="funeraryPracticeType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="tissuePreservationPractice" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="tissuePreservationTypeText" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="tissuePreservationMethodText" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="classifedTissuePreservationMethod" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">
<xs:enumeration value="embalming fluids"/>
<xs:enumeration value="freezing"/>
<xs:enumeration value="air drying"/>
<xs:enumeration value="salt dessication"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sand dessication"/>
<xs:enumeration value="removal of organs"/>
<xs:enumeration value="mummification"/>
<xs:enumeration value="burial in peat"/>
<xs:enumeration value="smoke"/>
<xs:enumeration value="pickled in rum"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="defleshing" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="defleshingText" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="classifiedDefleshingMethod" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">
<xs:enumeration value="subaerial sepulture"/>
<xs:enumeration value="scraping"/>
<xs:enumeration value="ritual dissection"/>
<xs:enumeration value="cooking"/>
<xs:enumeration value="chemical"/>
<xs:enumeration value="sepulcher"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>