infobox Archaeological Culture
} may be used to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance.
Template documentation | This template uses Lua: |
Usage
| [[File:{{{map}}}|frameless|alt={{{mapalt}}}|upright=1]] {{{mapcaption}}} | |
| Alternative names | {{{altnames}}} |
|---|---|
| Race | {{{race}}} |
| Religion | {{{religion}}} |
| Language | {{{language}}} |
| Horizon | {{{horizon}}} |
| Geographical range | {{{region}}} |
| Period | {{{period}}} |
| Dates | {{{dates}}} |
| Type site | {{{typesite}}} |
| Major sites | {{{majorsites}}} |
| Characteristics | {{{extra}}} |
| Preceded by | {{{precededby}}} |
| Followed by | {{{followedby}}} |
| Cause of collapse | {{{collapse}}} |
| {{{module}}} | |
{{Infobox archaeological culture | name = | map = | mapcaption = | mapalt = | altnames = | race = | religion = | language = | horizon = | region = | period = | dates = | typesite = | majorsites = | extra = | precededby = | followedby = | collapse = | definedby = | antiquatedby = | module = }} Parameters
All parameters are optional, but it should be possible to fill in at least name, period, dates and typesite for any culture.
| Parameter | Explanation |
|---|---|
| name | Most common name of the culture, to appear as the title. |
| map | Image name e.g. abc.png Map showing the geographical extent of the culture. If no map is available, could be replaced with another illustrative image. |
| mapcaption | Caption text for the map or other illustrative image. |
| mapalt | Alt text for the map/other image. |
| altnames | Alternate names of the culture. |
| Race | The race of people who lived in a civilization. |
| Religion | The religions and beliefs that most people believed in. |
| Language | The language through which people communicated with each other. |
| horizon | The archaeological horizon the culture belongs to, where applicable. E.g. [[First Temperate Neolithic]] |
| region | Written description of the geographical extent of the culture; probably not necessary if there is a map. |
| period | The period of the culture, e.g. [[Neolithic]]. |
| dates | The absolute date range of the culture. Take care to use calibrated radiocarbon dates. |
| typesite | The site which the culture is named after. |
| majorsites | Other significant or well excavated sites belonging to the culture. |
| extra | Any other defining characteristics of the culture. E.g. "House burning" in the case of the Cucuteni–Trypillia culture. |
| precededby | The culture that directly preceded this culture in its geographical range. |
| followedby | The culture that directly followed this culture in its geographical range. |
| definedby | The authors that originally coined the word or defined the culture. |
| collapse | The cause of the collapse of archaeological culture or civilization. |
| antiquatedby | If the culture is no longer recognised, the authors that convinced the community that it is not a meaningful construct. |
| module | Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. |
| module2 to module5 | Further embedded infoboxes. |
Tracking category
TemplateData
TemplateData for Infobox archaeological culture
A template to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance
| Parameter | Description | Type | Status | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Culture name | name | The name of the archaeological culture described in this page
| String | required |
| Image name | map | Map showing the geographical extent of the culture. If no map is available, could be replaced with another illustrative image. | File | suggested |
| mapalt | mapalt | Alt text for the map/other image. | String | suggested |
| altnames | altnames | Alternate names of the culture. | String | optional |
| horizon | horizon | The [[archaeological horizon]] the culture belongs to, where applicable.
| Page name | optional |
| region | region | Written description of the geographical extent of the culture; probably not necessary if there is a map. | String | optional |
| The period of the culture | period | The period of the culture
| Page name | required |
| The absolute date range of the culture | dates | The absolute date range of the culture. Take care to use calibrated radiocarbon dates.
| Unknown | suggested |
| typesite | typesite | The site which the culture is named after. | Page name | optional |
| majorsites | majorsites | Other significant or well excavated sites belonging to the culture. | Unknown | optional |
| extra | extra | Any other defining characteristics of the culture
| Unbalanced wikitext | optional |
| precededby | precededby | The culture that directly preceded this culture in its geographical range. | Page name | suggested |
| followedby | followedby | The culture that directly followed this culture in its geographical range. | Page name | suggested |
| module | module | Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one. | Unknown | optional |
See also