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Underground environments

Scope note

Environments located below ground level, including those within structures. For the structures themselves, if intentionally built below ground level, use "underground structures." To describe objects that are or have been in the ground and covered with earth, use "buried."

Term type

AAT

Getty AAT term number

3000246268

Broader Terms used

environments (object groupings)

Equivalent Terms used

underground environment

Created

13yrs ago

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