Talk:Smithsonian trinomial

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Style for trinomials

It appears that various states list Smithsonian trinomials with a space or a hyphen between the elements, or with no spaces, and that some states capitalize both letters of the county abbreviation, while others have the second letter in lower case. The Society for American Archaeology Journal Style Guide specifies no spaces or hyphens, and both letters of the county abbreviation capitalized.[1] I hesitate to put this in the article, but wanted to keep the reference handy. -- Donald Albury 14:34, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Possibilities

I haven't found reliable sources to confirm the following, but it looks like Massachusetts uses Smithsonian trinomials, that New Jersey uses Smithsonian trinomials for some, but not all, prehistoric sites, and that Rhode Island uses a binomial identifier, "RI-9999". -- Donald Albury 15:40, 10 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]

Connecticut appears to use a binomial identifier, "CT-99999". -- Donald Albury 03:24, 12 January 2013 (UTC)[reply]