Documentation for HHI

Complex Type: burialType

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Super-types: None
Sub-types: None
Name burialType
Used by (from the same schema document) Complex Type archaeologicalTaphonomyType
Abstract no
Documentation Burial is treated here as a subset of taphonomy as the elements deal mainly with the condition, preservation, movement or alignment of human material in a burial. Details of the physical grave are held separately as part of the archaeological provenance.
XML Instance Representation
<...>
<hhi:TypeOfBurialText> ... </hhi:TypeOfBurialText> [0..1]

'Free text terms or description of the type of burial e.g. war grave, plague pit, cremation burial, cist, royal tomb, mausoleum, charnel house, chambered long barrow , ice mummy etc.'

<hhi:TypeOfBurial> xs:string (value comes from list: {'primary'|'ritual secondary'|'contingent secondary'|'tertiary'|'natural'}) </hhi:TypeOfBurial> [0..1]

'classifies the burial as to whether it was the first and last resting place or whether it was a secondary burial for either ritual reasons or some other cause or possibly a natural burial (e.g. rock-fall)'

<hhi:ContentOfBurial> xs:string (value comes from list: {'cremation remains'|'dissassociated bones'|'whole skeleton'|'mummified remains'|'natural mummy'}) </hhi:ContentOfBurial> [0..*]

'classifies the burial as to whether it was the first and last resting place or whether it was a secondary burial for either ritual reasons or some other cause or possibly a natural burial (e.g. rock-fall)'

<hhi:Occupancy> xs:string (value comes from list: {'single'|'multiple synchronal'|'multiple serial'}) </hhi:Occupancy> [0..1]

'describes whether the burial is a single occupancy burial or a multiple and if multiple whether interment was at the same or different times'

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

'free text field for describing later disruption or disturbance of burial - mainly by human agenc e.g. tomb robbing, exhumation, scavengers etc.'

<hhi:funeraryPractices> hhi:funeraryPracticeType </hhi:funeraryPractices> [0..*]

'Records any preparation and burial practices that are recorded for the remains (specimen) e.g. mummification, defleshing, ritual cannibalism etc.'

<hhi:ISOBurialDate> abcd:DateTime </hhi:ISOBurialDate> [0..1]

'Recent burials might have recorded dates using modern formats'

<hhi:historicalBurialDate> hhi:ArchaeologicalDateType </hhi:historicalBurialDate> [0..*]

'There are many date systems used throughout the world and at different times'

<hhi:associatedHistoricalEvent> hhi:historicalEvent </hhi:associatedHistoricalEvent> [1]

'the burial might be associated with a known historical event e.g. a war grave or plague pit'

<hhi:bodyPositionDescription> [0..*]

'Description of the way the body or bodies have been buried'


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

'Text description of the way the body has been buried'

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

'Text description of the body position e.g. crouched,supine, hands-to-face etc.'

<hhi:bodyOrientation> abcd:MeasurementOrFact </hhi:bodyOrientation> [0..*]

'direction, orientation or the body or remains in compass points or other measures'

</hhi:bodyPositionDescription>
<hhi:burialReferences> abcd:Reference </hhi:burialReferences> [0..*]

'Any published citations relating to the burial or its associated structures'

<hhi:burialImages> abcd:MultiMediaObject </hhi:burialImages> [0..*]

'Any images or other audio-visual media relating to the burial or its associated structures'

<hhi:associatedBurialFinds> [0..1]

'Lists of artefacts associated with a burial'


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

'documents where on or near the body an item or artefact was placed'

<hhi:associatedFinds> hhi:associatedArtefactAssemblageType </hhi:associatedFinds> [1]

'allows the listing of finds recovered from a burial context'

</hhi:associatedBurialFinds>
</...>
Diagram
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Schema Component Representation
<xs:complexType name="burialType">
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="TypeOfBurialText" maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="TypeOfBurial" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">
<xs:enumeration value="primary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="ritual secondary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="contingent secondary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="tertiary"/>
<xs:enumeration value="natural"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="ContentOfBurial" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">
<xs:enumeration value="cremation remains"/>
<xs:enumeration value="dissassociated bones"/>
<xs:enumeration value="whole skeleton"/>
<xs:enumeration value="mummified remains"/>
<xs:enumeration value="natural mummy"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="Occupancy" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1">
<xs:simpleType>
<xs:restriction base=" xs:string ">
<xs:enumeration value="single"/>
<xs:enumeration value="multiple synchronal"/>
<xs:enumeration value="multiple serial"/>
</xs:restriction>
</xs:simpleType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="postBurialDisturbance" type=" abcd:StringL " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="funeraryPractices" type=" hhi:funeraryPracticeType " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="ISOBurialDate" type=" abcd:DateTime " maxOccurs="1" minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="historicalBurialDate" type=" hhi:ArchaeologicalDateType " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="associatedHistoricalEvent" type=" hhi:historicalEvent "/>
<xs:element name="bodyPositionDescription" minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="burialDescriptionText" type=" abcd:StringL " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="1"/>
<xs:element name="bodyPosition" type=" abcd:StringL " minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="bodyOrientation" type=" abcd:MeasurementOrFact " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
<xs:element name="burialReferences" type=" abcd:Reference " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="burialImages" type=" abcd:MultiMediaObject " minOccurs="0" maxOccurs="unbounded"/>
<xs:element name="associatedBurialFinds" minOccurs="0">
<xs:complexType>
<xs:sequence>
<xs:element name="relationToBody" type=" abcd:StringL " minOccurs="0"/>
<xs:element name="associatedFinds" type=" hhi:associatedArtefactAssemblageType " minOccurs="1" maxOccurs="1"/>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>
</xs:element>
</xs:sequence>
</xs:complexType>