Re: Portable Antiquities Scheme, report 2004 - 2005

["Peter Alaca"]

Philip Deitiker wrote: 
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> In sci.archaeology message
> news:4377a9ed$0$67048$dbd43001@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx by "Peter Alaca"
> <P.Alac@xxxxxxxxx>  . . . :
>
> > The British Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) is a
> > voluntary scheme to record archaeological objects
> > found by members of the public. Every year many
> > thousands of objects are discovered, many of these
> > by metal-detector users, but also by people whilst
> > out walking, gardening or going about their daily
> > work. Such discoveries offer an important source for
> > understanding our past.
> >
> > For the 106 pages 2004/2005 report, go to
> > http://www.finds.org.uk/news/reports.php
>
> Now if you can convince the public to take a GPS, compass, ruler and
> camera with them as well as metal detectors you might actually have
> artefacts.


But see for example this

Recent research on Late Roman belt fittings
   A paper on Late Roman belt fittings is currently
   being prepared by Kevin Leahy (Finds Adviser).
   While this topic might appear to be somewhat
   esoteric these buckles and strap-ends have
   important implications with regard to our
   understanding of the end of Roman Britain. Much
   has been written about this topic in the past but it
   is only by looking at the where the belt fittings are
   being found in Britain that we can begin to
   understand their significance. In the past much has
   been made of the military nature of these finds but
   the finds recorded by the PAS suggest that they are
   concentrated in the civilian areas of Britain and are
   rare in the military zone. This demonstrates the
   value of the PAS data; we are now getting
   distribution patterns that reflect a historical reality.