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ID: 300458716
Page Link: http://vocab.getty.edu/page/aat/300458716

 

Record Type: concept
kankar (carbonaceous limestone, <limestone by composition>, ... Materials (hierarchy name))

 

Note: A type of coarse limestone found in many parts of India; found in large tabular strata or interspersed throughout the surface soil. It is used in construction, burned to lime, and as a binding to form a compact, hard, and even surface.
 
Terms:
kankar (preferred,C,U,English-P,D,U,N)

Facet/Hierarchy Code:  M.MT

Hierarchical Position:

Hierarchy of Materials Facet
Materials Facet
Hierarchy of Materials (hierarchy name)
.... Materials (hierarchy name) (G)
Hierarchy of materials (substances)
........ materials (substances) (G)
Hierarchy of <materials by composition>
............ <materials by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of inorganic material
................ inorganic material (G)
Hierarchy of rock (inorganic material)
.................... rock (inorganic material) (G)
Hierarchy of sedimentary rock
........................ sedimentary rock (G)
Hierarchy of <sedimentary rock by composition>
............................ <sedimentary rock by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of carbonate rock
................................ carbonate rock (G)
Hierarchy of limestone
.................................... limestone (G)
Hierarchy of <limestone by composition>
........................................ <limestone by composition> (G)
Hierarchy of carbonaceous limestone
............................................ carbonaceous limestone (G)
Hierarchy of kankar
................................................ kankar (G)

Related concepts:
meaning/usage overlaps with ....  caliche
..................................................  (carbonaceous limestone, <limestone by composition>, ... Materials (hierarchy name)) [300011285]

Sources and Contributors:
kankar............  [VP Preferred]
.................  AIIS, Grand Trunk Road project (2023-2025)
.................  Encyclopedia Britannica Online (2002-) accessed 3 July 2025
.................  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 3 July 2025
.................  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-)
 
Subject: .....  [CAA-AIIS, VP]
............  AIIS, Grand Trunk Road project (2023-2025)
............  MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 3 July 2025
............  Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 3 July 2025
 
Note:
English .......... [VP]
.......... MFA Conservation and Art Material Encyclopedia Online: CAMEO (2005-) accessed 3 July 2025
.......... Oxford English Dictionary Online (2002-) accessed 3 July 2025

 

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