Object types that the Scheme uses Page: 58

Object types that the Scheme uses

These terms are from the FISH Archaeological Objects Thesaurus (Forum on Information Standards in Heritage - FISH).

Term	Scope note	Term type	SENESCHAL URI	Other URI
BULLRING	An arena for bull-baiting, not a tethering ring.	Preferred term	69932	-
BULLROARER	A piece of wood attached to a thong that makes a roaring sound when the thong is whirled.	Preferred term	95476	-
BULLSEYE WINDOW	An oval window placed with its long axis horizontal. The term is often applied to similar round windows.	Preferred term	137491	-
BULWARK	Unspecified defensive structure like a mound of earth, a rampart, an embankment or a wall-like fortification. Also used as an early term for a bastion or blockhouse. Use more specific term where known.	Preferred term	91305	-
BUNG	A large stopper, often of cork.	Preferred term	96401	-
BUNGALOW	A one-storey house.	Preferred term	71571	-
BUNKER	A structure, often built undergound, used for defence and co-ordination of military activity.	Preferred term	91307	-
Buon Retiro		Narrow term	91308	-
BUOY	A floating, fixed marker used to indicate to a navigator a sea area to approach or avoid.	Preferred term	88699	-
BUOY STORE	A building used to store navigational buoys.	Preferred term	91309	-
Burgage House		Narrow term	130153	-
BURGAGE PLOT	A plot of land longer than it is wide, can include any structures on it. Typical of medieval towns.	Preferred term	127993	-
BURGH	A civil and administrative area incorporating a town of medieval origin.	Preferred term	143002	-
BURH	An Anglo-Saxon fortified town or other defended site, not necessarily urban.	Preferred term	68679	-
BURIAL	An interment of human or animal remains. Use specific type where known. If component use with wider site type. Use FUNERARY SITE for optimum retrieval in searches.	Preferred term	70018	-
BURIAL CAIRN	A stony mound containing or concealing deliberately deposited human remains. Use specific type where known.	Preferred term	70044	-
Burial Chamber		Narrow term	70624	-
BURIAL CHEST	Chests connected with the burial of a body.	Preferred term	95890	-
Burial Cloth		Narrow term	-	-
Burial Ground	Use specific type of cemetry where known.	Narrow term	70625	-
Burial Mound	Use both terms.	Narrow term	70557	-
BURIAL PIT	The pit in which human or animal remains are placed for interment,which may be either an inhumation or cremation.	Preferred term	137492	-
BURIAL PIT	A place where dead bodies are buried together. Often unconsecrated ground.	Preferred term	70038	-
Burial Pot		Narrow term	-	-
BURIAL URN	An urn containing a cremation burial.	Preferred term	95886	-
BURIAL VAULT	A built structure, generally below ground, designed for the interment of several burials over a period of time. Usually constructed with a door or sealed entrance to allow reopening for further burials.	Preferred term	70042	-
Burial Yard		Narrow term	91310	-
BURIED LAND SURFACE	A former ground surface buried beneath an earthwork or other sequence of deposits. (includes palaeosoils, turf lines)	Preferred term	142968	-
BURIED SOIL HORIZON	A surface interpreted as a buried cultivation layer, for example an agriculturally cultivated field.	Preferred term	140223	-
BURIN	A graving tool used for engraving objects. Prehistoric versions are usually made of flint or other stone, later versions usually of metal.	Preferred term	95758	-