Hierarchy classification:

1. top of the aat hierarchies
2. Objects Facet
3. Built Environment (hierarchy name)
4. Single Built Works (hierarchy name)
5. single built works (built environment)
6. [single built works by specific type]
7. [single built works by function]
8. commercial buildings
9. mercantile buildings

Narrower term/s

• macella
• market halls[+]
  • stoas [NP]
  • cloth halls
  • meat halls
  • fish halls
• supermarkets (built works)
• market houses
• covered markets
• open air markets

Anotations

Scope note:

Buildings or outdoor areas where trade is conducted, often optimized for a gathering together of people for the purchase and sale produce and livestock. Markets typically have booths or stalls for individual merchants, either in open air or under a single large roof.