“Originally developed by the Archaeological Objects Working Party and published by the mda [formerly the Museums Documentation Association]. It provides guidance for the recording of archaeological objects in Britain and Ireland covering all historical periods. Now maintained by FISH [the Forum on Information Standards in Heritage] on behalf of the heritage sector”
A development of the ALGAO [Association of Local Government Archaeological Officers UK] events wordlist. The thesaurus is an indexing tool to be used for recording archaeological and architectural investigative, data collection exercises; from intrusive interventions into the resource to non damaging survey events.