Archaeological Object Name Thesaurus Working Group
The Archaeological Object Name Thesaurus Working Group was established in 1995 following an MDA workshop on archaeological terminology held at the York Archaeological Trust. The Group developed a thesaurus of object names for archaeological collections, based on the Object Hierarchy developed by the Royal Commision on the Historical Monuments of England (RCHME) and terms submitted by Group members from their own collections databases. The thesaurus takes note of the structure of the Art and Architecture Thesaurus (AAT).
Published in December 1997 the thesaurus is available at: http://www.collectionstrust.org.uk/archobj/archcon.htm through these pages.
An updated version can be found on the English Heritage website at:
http://thesaurus.english-heritage.org.uk/frequentuser.htm.
Chair: Philip Carlisle, Data Standards Supervisor, English Heritage
E-mail: Philip.Carlisle@english-heritage.org.uk
Secretary: Sally Carter, Assistant Documentation Officer, National Museums & Galleries of Wales, Cardiff
E-mail: sally.carter@nmgw.ac.uk
