The Portable Antiquities Scheme in the South Midlands 2016 (original) (raw)
Highlights from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) in Wiltshire in 2015
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 2016
During 2015 a total of 5,347 Wiltshire finds were added to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database in 4,861 database records by a number of Finds Liaison Officers, self recorders and dedicated volunteers. A proportion of nds examined by the Wiltshire Finds Liaison Officer and colleagues were not recorded – generally nds that post-date AD 1700. The artefacts described below are considered to be particularly interesting examples reported to the Scheme during 2015. The PAS database number is included in each description. The public online database contains detailed information and colour photographs for each object recorded by the Scheme, including those below.
Highlights from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) in Wiltshire in 2016
Wiltshire Archaeological and Natural History Magazine, 2017
During 2016 a total of 5,313 finds from Wiltshire and Swindon were added to the PAS database in 4,510 records by a number of Finds Liaison Officers, self-recorders and dedicated volunteers. The artefacts described below are considered to be particularly interesting examples reported to the Scheme during 2016. The PAS database number is included in each description. The public online database contains detailed information and colour photographs for each object recorded by the Scheme, including those below. Many of the objects included in the round-up have been donated by the finder and the landowner to: Wiltshire Museum, Devizes; The Salisbury Museum; and The British Museum.
During 2012 a total of 3,106 Wiltshire finds were added to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database in 2,039 database records. A proportion of nds examined by the Wiltshire Finds Liaison Officer and colleagues were not recorded – generally finds that post-date 1700 AD. The artefacts described below are considered to be particularly interesting examples reported to the Scheme during 2012. The PAS database number (Find ID) is included in each description. The public online database contains detailed information and colour photographs for each object recorded by the Scheme, including those below.
Highlights from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) in Wiltshire in 2014
During 2014 a total of 6,918 Wiltshire nds were added to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) database in 3,158 database records by a number of Finds Liaison Of cers, self recorders and dedicated volunteers. A proportion of nds examined by the Wiltshire Finds Liaison Of cer and colleagues were not recorded – generally nds that post- date 1700 AD. The artefacts described below are considered to be particularly interesting examples reported to the Scheme during 2014. The PAS database number (Find ID) is included in each description. The public online database contains detailed information and colour photographs for each object recorded by the Scheme, including those below. The majority of the records discussed have either been donated to or acquired by the Salisbury Museum, Wiltshire Museum or the British Museum.
THE PORTABLE ANTIQUITIES SCHEME IN NOTTINGHAMSHIRE 2019
Transactions of the Thoroton Society, 2019
RICHARD DAVIS (Bronze Age) and NATASHA HARLOW (Iron Age and Roman) SUMMARY This paper presents a roundup of finds reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) between 1st May 2018 and 30th April 2019 and recorded onto the database at www.finds.org.uk. The PAS is a national initiative that operates across England and Wales to record archaeological objects found by members of the public. Between 1st May 2018 and 30th April 2019, 768 objects were reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme in Nottinghamshire and were recorded on the PAS database in 704 individual records.
Finds Reported to the Lincolnshire Portable Antiquities Scheme in 2017 by Lisa Brundle p.262-268
Lincolnshire History and Archaeology
The following objects have been reported to the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) during 2017. In some cases the objects were found in previous years but only reported to the PAS during 2017. Full descriptions of all finds recorded by the PAS are available via their online database (www.finds.org.uk). The finds described here are only a selection of the finds of note from Lincolnshire. A total of 6106 finds were reported to the scheme from Lincolnshire in 2017, which have been recorded by the Finds Liaison Officers (FLOs), and in some cases by PAS interns or volunteers under the guidance of FLOs. The reported finds ranged in date from the Mesolithic to modern periods, although were predominantly dated to the Roman, medieval and post-medieval periods.
Portable Antiquities Scheme: A Guide for Researchers
As it grows in size, the PAS database (PASD) is increasingly being used by those researching the archaeology of England and Wales, and its data are known to be incorporated into hundreds of projects including undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations, PhD theses, conference papers, and large scale research projects. Contained within this body of research are a wide variety of projects focusing on specific objects, archaeological periods, or locations. However, only a few explore the collection and sampling bias inherent in the PASD, despite the fact that such background is an essential part of any analysis of this dataset. This guide therefore aims to: (1) discuss the factors that shape amateur-collected data and (2) identify a range of techniques for illustrating the effect of these factors on the spatial distribution of the finds. This guide is intended to be an overview for those using the PAS data in their research.