Template:Infobox archaeological culture/doc

{{Infobox archaeological culture}} may be used to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance.

Usage

{{{name}}}

[[File:{{{map}}}|frameless|alt={{{mapalt}}}|upright=1|{{{mapalt}}}]] {{{mapcaption}}}
Alternative names	{{{altnames}}}
Horizon	{{{horizon}}}
Geographical range	{{{region}}}
Period	{{{period}}}
Dates	{{{dates}}}
Type site	{{{typesite}}}
Major sites	{{{majorsites}}}
Characteristics	{{{extra}}}
Preceded by	{{{precededby}}}
Followed by	{{{followedby}}}
{{{module}}}

{{Infobox archaeological culture
| name         =
| map          =
| mapcaption   = 
| mapalt       =
| altnames     =
| horizon      =
| region       =
| period       =
| dates        =
| typesite     =
| majorsites   =
| extra        =
| precededby   =
| followedby   =
| 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.
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.
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

• Category:Pages using infobox archaeological culture with unknown parameters (0)

See also

• {{Infobox ancient site}}