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ID: 300006210
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300006210

 

Record Type: concept
stepwells (<wells by construction>, wells (structures), ... Built Environment (hierarchy name))

 

Note: Constructions of India, often architecturally embellished, with steps deeply cut down to a water-drawing area; used also as shelters from the heat. Below ground water reservoirs having stairways down to the water level. Most common in India and Pakistan, the structures may be decorative, elaborate, and multistoried.
 
Terms:
stepwells (preferred,C,U,English,AD,U,PN)
stepwell (C,U,English,AD,U,SN)
step wells (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
step-wells (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
baolis (C,U,English,UF,U,PN)
baolis (Spanish-P,D,U,PN)
baoli (C,U,English,UF,U,SN)
baoli (Dutch,AD,U,U)
baoli (Spanish,AD,U,SN)
baulis (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
wavs (wells) (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
vav (C,U,English,UF,U,U)
stepped tanks (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
stepped wells (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
tanks, stepped (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
wells, stepped (C,U,English,UF,U,N)
印度階井 (C,U,Chinese (traditional)-P,D,U,U)
階梯式地下水井 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
階井 (C,U,Chinese (traditional),UF,U,U)
yìn dù jiē jǐng (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Hanyu Pinyin),UF,U,U)
yin du jie jing (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Pinyin without tones),UF,U,U)
yin tu chieh ching (C,U,Chinese (transliterated Wade-Giles),UF,U,U)
baoli's (C,U,Dutch-P,D,U,U)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  V.RK

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by location or context>
.................... <single built works by location or context> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by location: topographical>
........................ <single built works by location: topographical> (G)
Hierarchy of earthworks (engineering works)
............................ earthworks (engineering works) (G)
Hierarchy of wells (structures)
................................ wells (structures) (G)
Hierarchy of <wells by construction>
.................................... <wells by construction> (G)
Hierarchy of stepwells
........................................ stepwells (G)

Additional Parents:

Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of hydraulic structures
........................ hydraulic structures (G)
Hierarchy of <hydraulic structures by function>
............................ <hydraulic structures by function> (G)
Hierarchy of water distribution structures
................................ water distribution structures (G)
Hierarchy of stepwells
.................................... stepwells (G)
 
Hierarchy of Objects Facet
Objects Facet
Hierarchy of Built Environment (hierarchy name)
.... Built Environment (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
........ Single Built Works (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of single built works (built environment)
............ single built works (built environment) (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by specific type>
................ <single built works by specific type> (G)
Hierarchy of <single built works by function>
.................... <single built works by function> (G)
Hierarchy of shelters (single built works)
........................ shelters (single built works) (G)
Hierarchy of stepwells
............................ stepwells (G)

Additional Notes:
Chinese (traditional) ..... 印度特有之構造,建築上常加以裝飾雕琢,有深鑿之階梯通往汲水處;也當作避暑之地。 
Dutch ..... Wordt gebruikt voor putconstructies in India, meestal architectonisch versierd, met traptredes die diep zijn uitgehakt tot aan de plaats waar het water wordt geput; worden ook vaak gebruikt als beschutting tegen de warmte. 

Sources and Contributors:
印度階井............  [AS-Academia Sinica Preferred]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
階梯式地下水井............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
階井............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...........  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
baoli............  [AAT-Ned, CDBP-SNPC Preferred, VP]
..............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
..............  García-Ormaechea, Arte y Cultura de India. Península del Indostán, Himalaya y Sudeste Asiático (1998)
..............  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
baolis............  [CDBP-SNPC, GCI Preferred, VP]
.................  AATA database (2002-) 120830 checked 26 January 2012
.................  Aga Khan Glossary (1984)
.................  Avery Index (1963-) (source AAT)
.................  Brown, Indian Architecture (1956) Vol. 1, GLOS
.................  Comité, Plural del término en singular
.................  Fletcher, History of Architecture (1975) 107
.................  Grover, Architecture of India (1981) 97
baoli's............  [AAT-Ned Preferred]
.................  AAT-Ned (1994-)
baulis............  [VP]
.................  Grover, Architecture of India (1981) GLOS
stepped tanks............  [VP]
..........................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
stepped wells............  [VP]
..........................  Contributed as a candidate term AVERY - 9/85
stepwell............  [BWR, VP]
.................  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
step-wells............  [VP]
.......................  Fletcher, History of Architecture (1975) 107
stepwells............  [BWR Preferred, VP Preferred]
....................  BMFA, Catalogue of the Indian Collections (1978-81)
....................  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
....................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
step wells............  [VP]
.......................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
tanks, stepped............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
vav............  [BWR, VP]
...........  BWR Data Reconciliation for CONA (2020-2021)
wavs (wells)............  [VP]
.......................  Brown, Indian Architecture (1956) Vol. 1, GLOS
.......................  Grover, Architecture of India (1981) illustration, 97
wells, stepped............  [VP]
.............................  Getty Vocabulary Program rules
yin du jie jing............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
yin tu chieh ching............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
...................................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
yìn dù jiē jǐng............  [AS-Academia Sinica]
.............................  AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
 
Subject: .....  [AAT-Ned, AS-Academia Sinica, CDBP-SNPC, GCI, VP]
............  AAT-Ned (1994-)
............  AATA database (2002-) 120830 checked 26 January 2012
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... BMFA, Catalogue of the Indian Collections (1978-81)
.......... Legacy AAT data
Chinese (traditional) .......... [AS-Academia Sinica]
.......... AS-Academia Sinica data (2014-)
Dutch .......... [AAT-Ned]
.......... AAT-Ned (1994-)

 

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