Template:Infobox archaeological culture/TemplateData

TemplateData

A template to display basic information about an archaeological culture at a glance

Template parameters

Parameter		Description	Type	Status
Culture name	name	The name of the archaeological culture described in this page Default {{subst:PAGENAME}}	String	required
Image name	map	Map showing the geographical extent of the culture. If no map is available, could be replaced with another illustrative image.	File	suggested
Mapalt	mapalt	Alt text for the map/other image.	String	suggested
Altnames	altnames	Alternate names of the culture.	String	optional
Horizon	horizon	The [[archaeological horizon]] the culture belongs to, where applicable. Example [[First Temperate Neolithic]]	Page	optional
Region	region	Written description of the geographical extent of the culture; probably not necessary if there is a map.	String	optional
The period of the culture	period	The period of the culture Example [[Neolithic]]	Page	required
The absolute date range of the culture	dates	The absolute date range of the culture. Take care to use calibrated radiocarbon dates. Example c. 1800 BC – 900 BC	Unknown	suggested
Typesite	typesite	The site which the culture is named after.	Page	optional
Majorsites	majorsites	Other significant or well excavated sites belonging to the culture.	Unknown	optional
Extra	extra	Any other defining characteristics of the culture Example "House burning" in the case of the [[Cucuteni-Trypillian]] culture.	Unbalanced wikitext	optional
Precededby	precededby	The culture that directly preceded this culture in its geographical range.	Page	suggested
Followedby	followedby	The culture that directly followed this culture in its geographical range.	Page	suggested
Module	module	Used for embedding other infoboxes into this one.	Unknown	optional