The Scheme's database
The Portable Antiquities Scheme's database is the home for all the information collected since its inception in 1997. Within this repository, you can find details of a wide range of archaeological finds which have been recovered from disturbed contexts. This in turn leads us to the name 'portable antiquities'; these are objects that can be easily removed from situ (for example you can't easily move a Roman column, but you can do so with a Roman brooch.)
The database is there for several reasons:
- Create a textual, spatial and visual record in perpetuity of the antiquities that people discover pursuing daily affairs (sometimes it is the only chance archaeologists will get to make a record.)
- Produce data that can be used by academic researchers.
- Produce data that allows Archaeological Resource Management to be fulfilled.
- Allow free access to the text and images contained within the record for all interested parties.
A succinct statement of what the database is therefore is quite hard to produce. It exists for a multitude of activities.
Using the database
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