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Appendix 1

Function Key Words

Domestic
Artefacts associated with household activities:
Furnishings Table, chair, lamp etc
Maintaining household cleanliness Disinfectant bottle, scrubbing brush
Ornamentation Figurine, picture
   
Eating and Drinking
Artefacts associated with preparing, serving and consuming food and beverages:
Storing food and drink Bottle, jar
Serving and consuming food Plate, bowl, cup, eggcup, platter, drinking glass, cutlery
Serving and consuming tea Teacup, teapot, saucer, teaspoon
Serving and consuming Unidentified hollow, unidentified flat
Preparing food Baking dish, saucepan, milkpan
   
Personal
Artefacts associated with an individual’s needs:
Accessory Jewellery, bead, badge, eyeglasses
Clothing Button, hook and eye, shoe, textile
Health care Medicine bottle, syringe, pill box, bleeding bowl
Grooming and hygiene Hair comb, hair brush, tooth brush, tooth paste jar, ointment jar, chamberpot
   
Recreational
Artefacts relating to children’s play and adult’s relaxation:
Children’s play Doll, marble, toy tea set
Competitive activities Dominos, dice
Non-competitive activities Paint jar, musical instrument, tobacco pipe
   
Social
Artefacts designed to facilitate social interaction between individuals and groups:
Currency Coins
Educational Writing slate
Religious Rosary beads, crucifix
   
Tools and Equipment
Artefacts relating to agricultural or domestic work:
Sewing Needle, pin, thimble
Weapons and ammunition Cartridge, gun
Work tool Shovel, pick, file
Writing and drawing Pen, pencil, ink bottle
Aboriginal tool Stone tool
   
Miscellaneous
Artefacts with an unidentifiable function and artefacts that may belong to more than one activity group:
Containers Vessel or bottle that cannot be grouped into a specific activity e.g. Poison bottle, unidentified form
Unknown function Unidentified function