Portable Antiquities Scheme
Portable Antiquities Scheme
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可携式古物计划
DOI:
10.1108/rr.2001.15.2.54.121
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发表时间:
2001
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通讯作者:
R. O'Beirne
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作者:
R. O'Beirne
The Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) records archaeological finds discovered by members of the public in England and Wales.1 Many of the finds come from archaeological sites which have been damaged or eroded, usually by agriculture, leaving the objects as the only evidence of past activity; others are of interest in their own right. By end of 2017 the PAS database contained 32,845 records (containing 47,708 finds) of early medieval date (c AD 410–c 1066) and 193,031 records (229,033 finds) of high and later-medieval date (c 1066–c 1500). A small proportion of these are subject to the Treasure Act 1996 which gives the Crown (in practice, museums) the right to acquire them; in 2017, there were 1,239 Treasure cases, of which c 400 were of definite or potential medieval date.2 In 2017, 79,601 finds were recorded,3 of which 20,133 were of medieval date. There were a total of 3,010 pre-Conquest finds and 17,123 post-Conquest finds. Coinage accounted for 6,008 finds, 390 of pre-Conquest date and 6,043 post-Conquest coins.4 This round-up of finds and research from the last year includes summaries of interesting and important finds of coinage and other artefacts, plus two short research notes;5 one of which discusses a group of Urnes-style buckles, and the other 12thand 13th-century birdor M-shaped buckles.