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EAST/WEST DIRECTION - Humanities
- Field label
- EAST/WEST DIRECTION
- Field mnemonic
- EWD
- Field name
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- East/West Direction
- Direction est ou ouest
- Field definition
- This field contains the east or west direction from the north/south baseline for the East/West Minimum and East/West Maximum Measurement fields.
- Heading
- ARCHAEOLOGICAL SITE FIELDS
- Comments
- NOTE: This field has NOT been updated as part of the May 2010 Data Dictionary update. Priority for the Data Dictionary update was given to those fields that are required or strongly recommended for Artefacts Canada contribution. The Entry Rules for this field will be updated at a later date.
- Entry rules
- Enter "east" or "west" without abbreviation.
- Cataloguers rules
- See also, East/West Minimum Measurement (EWMN), East/West Maximum Measurement (EWMX) and East/West Units (EWU).
- Data type
- alpha-numeric string
- Examples
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- east
- west
- est
- ouest
- Discipline
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- Archaeology
- Source
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- Archaeology (Specimens) Task Force
- Field label (French)
- DIRECTION EST OU OUEST
- Field mnemonic (French)
- DEO
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