Soil Systems, Inc. Collection Unit Method Coding Sheet

Year: 2007

Summary

Soil Systems, Inc. used the following the coding scheme to record the method that was used to collect data within a collection unit.

Cite this Record

Soil Systems, Inc. Collection Unit Method Coding Sheet. 2007 ( tDAR id: 6319) ; doi:10.6067/XCV8057D5F

Category: Provenience and Context

Subcategory: Horizontal Location

Coding Rules

Code Term Description Mapped Ontology Node
0 Unexcavated no artifacts collected
1 GPS or Total Station-plotted Point Location from the modern ground surface
2 Compass-and-tape plotted point location
3 100% Collection of all materials observed on surface
4 Surface collection of diagnostics and tools only
5 Sample of unit portion only
6 1/4-inch Mesh screen
7 1/8-inch Mesh screen
8 Fine-mesh screen (<1/8 inch)
9 Backdirt
10 Trenching
11 General surface or grab sample stripping
12 Judgmental grab collection from [unscreened] matrix
13 Combination 1/4-inch screen and other methods for special samples and point plots
14 Whole feature collected as sample(s)
98 Combination of other miscellaneous methods
99 Other should not be used when the intention is to collect artifacts but none are found
Code Term Description
Special Coding Rules: These entries are not in the coding-sheet, but represent edge-cases in Data Integration that may benefit from custom mappings

This Coding Sheet is Used by the Following Datasets:

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