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Site Province (Site Data)

Definition:

Observations:

1. This field may also contain the name of a Canadian territory, an American state, a British county, a Swiss canton, a French department, a Japanese prefecture or any other equivalent of the term "province."
   Example

   	Site Country	Mexico
   	Site Province	Yucatan

2. For better search results in your database, avoid a large variety of terms; draw up an authority list and add province names as necessary. See documentation tip No. 2 (in French only) for bibliographic references.
3. This field is used in conjunction with the Site Country field.

Entry rules:

1. Enter the full name of the province; do not use abbreviations.
   Example

   	Site Province	Quebec
   	and not
   	Site Province	Qc

2. If the name of the site province has changed, first enter its current name, followed by a comma and a space, then the name that applied at the time the site was occupied.
   Example

   	Site Country	Canada
   	Site Province	Nunavut, Northwest Territories

3. This field may not contain more than one entry.