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Feature (or Place) Categories

Once we called these "types", but as they are not hierarchical and not exclusive we have changed them to "categories."

bridge — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

erroneous place, false name — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

villa — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

estuary — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

people, tribe — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

wall, earthwork — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

spring — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

pass, "gates" — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

mine, quarry — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

bath, spa — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

water, inland — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

church, monastery — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

station (road or coastal) — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

settlement — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

port — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

canal — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

mountain — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

lighthouse — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

ridge — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

estate, villa — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

aqueduct — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

unknown — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

cave — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

catacomb, cemetery, necropolis — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

production center (manufacturing, fishing) — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

hill — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

findspot, place of finding — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

whirlpool — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

valley — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

temple, sanctuary, shrine, monument, tomb — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

tumulus — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

forest — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

water wheel — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

settlement-modern — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

dam, dike, levee — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

reservoir, hafir — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

shoreline — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

oasis — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

water, open — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

cape, promontory — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

fort, tower — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

unlocated — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

undefined — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

island — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

region — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

well — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

bay — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

salt-marsh — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

centuriation — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

plain — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

river, drainage — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

road — by admin — last modified Sep 10, 2009 05:02 AM

 

province, diocese, nome — by Sean Gillies — last modified Mar 20, 2012 05:23 PM

An administrative region

urban area — by Sean Gillies — last modified Jan 21, 2011 04:52 PM

 

cataract, rapid — by Sean Gillies — last modified Jan 21, 2011 05:00 PM

 

lake — by Sean Gillies — last modified Jul 19, 2011 06:05 PM

Lake or Lacus (Latin), abbreviated: L.

tunnel — by Tom Elliott — last modified Aug 17, 2011 10:26 AM

 

mosque — by Tom Elliott — last modified Oct 27, 2011 10:08 AM

 

agora, forum, plaza — by Tom Elliott — last modified Oct 02, 2012 12:26 AM

An agora, forum, or other plaza-like civic space.

amphitheatre, amphitheater — by Tom Elliott — last modified Nov 13, 2012 12:06 PM

 

theatre, theater — by Tom Elliott — last modified Nov 13, 2012 12:06 PM

 

peninsula — by Tom Elliott — last modified Dec 04, 2012 03:22 PM

 

circus — by Tom Elliott — last modified Dec 04, 2012 09:45 PM

 

basilica — by Tom Elliott — last modified Dec 08, 2012 08:20 AM

 

fort group — by Tom Elliott — last modified Dec 10, 2012 04:39 PM

 

military installation or camp, temporary — by Scott Vanderbilt — last modified Jan 15, 2013 01:30 PM

 

archipelago, island group — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 15, 2013 02:18 PM

Any grouping of islands or an archipelago that are treated as a unit in antiquity or in archaeological analysis.

causeway — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 20, 2013 07:38 PM

 

arch, triumphal arch — by Tom Elliott — last modified Jan 25, 2013 04:33 PM

 

city wall — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 18, 2013 07:53 AM

 

city gate — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 18, 2013 07:53 AM

 

ekklesiasterion — by Jeffrey Becker — last modified Mar 21, 2013 05:58 PM

A type of Greek building used for public assemblies.

stoa — by Adam Rabinowitz — last modified Apr 26, 2013 10:03 AM

A rectangular building with an open colonnade along one long side.

palaistra — by Adam Rabinowitz — last modified Apr 29, 2013 07:03 AM

A square or rectangular court, usually surrounded by colonnades, that formed part of a Greek-style athletic complex.

stadion — by Adam Rabinowitz — last modified Apr 29, 2013 07:11 AM

A space in which the stadion footrace was held, usually consisting of a flat rectangular track about 200 meters long with a starting line at one end and a semicircular area at the other, with seating areas sloping up from the track on the two long sides and the end.

townhouse — by Adam Rabinowitz — last modified May 09, 2013 11:48 AM

Designation for a private residence or individual mixed-use residential and commercial complex within a planned urban environment. A townhouse abuts neighboring residences, either directly through party-walls or indirectly through lot-edges or shared alleys.