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Classification - Nested Hierarchy of Taxa
This lovely stone chair is not a stone wall, nor a stone row, nor a notable stone. Instead, it's a stone concentration. Boothbay Harbor, Maine.
NOTE: Taxonomic ranking is size- and color-coded for ease of use. The actual list of taxa follow.
CODE TO TAXONOMY
Domain : Stone
CLASS
Family
Type
Subtype
Variant
(or informal names)
TAXONOMIC LIST
CLASS: STONE WALLS
Family: Freestanding
Type: Stone Band
(informally, wavy band, beaded band, zig-zag band, etc. )
Type: Single Wall
Subtype: Normal
Subtype: Panel
Variant: Open
Variant: Closed
Subtype: Abutting
Variant: Boulder
Variant: Slab
Variant: Pale
(informally, cordwood wall, lace wall, cannonball wall, etc. )
Type: Double Wall
Subtype: Normal
Subtype: Hybrid
Subtype: Ornate
Variant: Capped
Variant: Quarrystone
Variant: Copestone
(informally, estate wall, guard wall, dragon-tooth wall, turreted wall, etc.)
Type: Broad Wall
Subtype: Disposal Wall
Subtype: Once-again Wall
Subtype: Walking Wall
Type: Abutting Wall
Subtype: Boulder
Subtype: Slab
Subtype: Pale
Family: Flanking Wall
Type: Retaining Wall
Subtype: On Grade
Variant: Cut
Variant: Fill
Variant: Cut and Fill
Subtype: Partially on Grade
Variant: False Retaining
Variant: Built
Variant: Well Guard
Type: Armoring Wall
Subtype: Placed (rip-rap)
Subtype: Built (facing)
(Informally, sea wall, streambank wall, canal lining, etc.)
Family: Raising Wall
Type: Raised Land
(informally, fill, causeway, groin, jety, breakwater, garden beds)
Type: Bridging Wall
Subtype: Culvert
Subtype: Bridge
Family: Impoundment Wall
Type: Dam
Type: Dike
Type: Pool
(informally, cisterns, tanks, pumping pools,etc.)
Family: Foundation Wall
Type: Below Grade
Type: Above Grade
Informally, cellar holes, barn foundations, outbuilding foundations.
Family: Confinement Wall
Type: Unroofed
Subtype: Square
(informally, pounds, pens, coralls, folds)
Subtype: Ring
Type: Roofed
(Informally, chambers, root cellars, kivas)
CLASS NOTABLE STONES
Family: Standing Stones
Type: Stone Posts
Type: Stone Obelisks
Family: Glacial Erratic
Family: Placed Stone
(informally: boulders placed for architectural purposes)
Family: Modified Stone
(informally:grave stones, grinding stones, plaques, statues, etc.)
CLASS: STONE CONCENTRATIONS
Family: Stone Surfaces
Type: Stone Pavements
Subtype: Tiled Pavement
Subtype: Cobblestone pavement
(informally: stone floor, stone path, stone pavement, cobblestone, etc.)
Type: Stone Veneers
(informally, stone shields)
Family: Stone Uprights
Type: Stone Monuments
Subtype: Stacks
Sybtype: Monuments
Subtype: Cairns
Subtype: Statues
Subtype: Boxes
Type: Stone Pillars
(informally, trestles, foundation support columns, etc.)
Type: Stone Chimney
Type: Stone Spans
(informally, benches, arches, lintels, doors, etc.)
Family: Stone Piles
Type: Freestanding
Subtype: Mound
(Informally: Stone Pile and Burial Mound)
Subtype: Infill
Subtype: Ring
(Informally, Tree Rings, Fire rings, and Stone rosette)
Type: Attached
Subtype: Corner PIle
Subtype: Flanking Pile
Subtype: Topping Pile
Type: Surmounting
CLASS: STONE ROWS
Family: Solid Rows
(informally, garden border, landscape border, etc.
Family: Spaced Rows
Type: Dotted Rows
(informally, cobble dots, rock dots, boulder fence)
Type: Dashed Rows
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