434:. There is certainly some overlap on these articles, but the literature is rather specific as to the names associated with specific sites and correspondingly the generally accepted geographic range of each. The literature is also somewhat specific on design characteristics of each. Why not let the pages evolve on their own? Each page could potentially become very large, given the amount of content available. There is no reason why the alternative terms can't be discussed in each article. It is not up to Knowledge to make such subtle and historic word uses into a "vanilla" solution, where we kill off one name for posterity. Cheers.
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