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archaeological site

place (or group of physical sites) in which evidence of past activity is preserved
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archaeological site

Summary

archaeological site ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[1]

Key Facts

  • archaeological site is a type of location of discovery[2].
  • archaeological site is a type of human-geographic territorial entity[3].
  • archaeological site is a type of geographic location[4].
  • archaeological site's Commons category is recorded as Archaeological sites[5].
  • archaeological site's topic's main category is recorded as Category:Archaeological sites[6].
  • archaeological site's facet of is recorded as cultural heritage[7].
  • archaeological site's OpenStreetMap tag is recorded as historic=archaeological_site[8].
  • archaeological site's described by source is recorded as Green Map Icons[9].
  • archaeological site's described by source is recorded as Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6[10].
  • archaeological site's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox ancient site[11].
  • archaeological site's topic has template is recorded as Template:Infobox historic site[12].
  • archaeological site's topic has template is recorded as Template:Archaeological monument[13].
  • archaeological site's contributing factor of is recorded as archaeological record[14].
  • archaeological site's main Wikidata property is recorded as P9047[15].
  • archaeological site's equivalent class is recorded as http://dati.beniculturali.it/cis/ArchaeologicalArea[16].
  • archaeological site's different from is recorded as archaeological excavation[17].
  • archaeological site's different from is recorded as Archaeological site[18].
  • archaeological site's studied by is recorded as archaeology[19].
  • archaeological site's maintained by WikiProject is recorded as WikiProject Historical Place[20].

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Definition and Type

Recorded subclass of include location of discovery[2], human-geographic territorial entity[3], and geographic location[4].

Why It Matters

archaeological site ranks in the top 2% of general entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (606 views/month).[1] It has Wikipedia articles in 25 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[21] It is known by 70 alternative names across languages and contexts.[22]

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [2] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  3. [4] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  13. [14] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  14. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  15. [16] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  16. [17] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  17. [18] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  18. [19] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  19. [20] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [21] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [22] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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Rolling log of changes to this entity's Wikidata record. Values shown reflect the current state of each edited property — follow the history link to see the precise diff for any edit.

  1. 7d ago · Tholzheim · 2026-05-27 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Factgrid item id → Q1785688
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:1||1 */ [[Property:P8168]]: Q1785688, adds FactGrid ID"
  2. 29d ago · Triggerhippie4 · 2026-05-05 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Described by source → Green Map Icons, Armenian Soviet Encyclopedia, vol. 6
    Main wikidata property → P9047
    Different from → archaeological excavation, Archaeological site
    Studied by → archaeology
    + 9 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbsetclaim-create:2||1 */ [[Property:P527]]: [[Q56320584]]"
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