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The Portable Antiquities Scheme's Database source code


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Software

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Authors

Pett, DEJ 
Chester-Kadwell, Mary 
Wareham, Richard 
Gruber, Ethan 

Description

This software record holds version 1.1 of the codebase (2015 - 2021) for the Portable Antiquities Scheme's (PAS) database. This is a repository for the current generation of the Portable Antiquities Scheme Website, a British Museum project that encourages the voluntary recording of archaeological artefacts found by the public in England and Wales. $$ $$These artefacts are found while carrying out a wide range of activities including metal-detecting. The first record was made in 1998, the half-million mark was reached in March 2010, and the millionth object, a Roman coin from the Seaton hoard, was recorded in September 2014. The current total stands at 1.6 million objects and nearly 1 million records and 600, 000 images.$$ $$The live version of the database can be accessed via https://finds.org.uk/database

$$ThereisacopyofthisversionofthecodebasethatcanalsobeaccessedinZenodoandtheversioncontrolledrepositoryisavailableinGithub(seerelatedlinksbelow).$$$$Moreinformationaboutthecodeitself,technologystackandhowtodeploythedatabasecanbefoundintheREADME.mdfileandonGithubinthewikisystem.

Version

1.1

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Keywords

archaeology, digital humanities

Publisher

Portable Antiquities Scheme
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