Documentation for HHI

Super-types:	None
Sub-types:	None

Name	archaeologicalTaphonomyType
Used by (from the same schema document)	Complex Type anthropologySpecimenType
Abstract	no
Documentation	element to hould information related to post-mortem preparation, transport, position, orientation and alteration of human remains and associated artefacts. This element can be extended as other taphonomic elements are defined.

XML Instance Representation

<...>

<hhi:Burial> hhi:burialType </hhi:Burial> [0..1]

'A special type of archaeological context for anthropological specimens where they have been recovered from burials'

<hhi:cremation> hhi:cremationType </hhi:cremation> [0..1]

'cremations have specific elements associated with them such as whether the remains have been pounded, mixed, in a container or scattered, etc.'

<hhi:boneArticulation> abcd:StringL </hhi:boneArticulation> [0..1]

'free text description of the degree of articulation of preserved bone collections'

</...>

Schema Component Representation

<xs:complexType name="archaeologicalTaphonomyType">

<xs:sequence>

<xs:element name="Burial" type=" hhi:burialType " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>

<xs:element name="cremation" type=" hhi:cremationType " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>

<xs:element name="boneArticulation" type=" abcd:StringL " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>

</xs:sequence>

</xs:complexType>

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