Statistical analysis of the database for Thursday 1st January 2009 until Thursday 31st December 2009

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Quantities of objects and records found

Quantities recorded per Officer and assistants

Fullname Institution Objects Records
Anni Byard BERK 976 400
Julian Watters BH 1626 1623
Richard Kelleher BM 1 1
Helen Hyre BUC 19 19
Jennifer Moss BUC 925 882
Ros BUC 409 312
Paul Manning BUC 191 191
Sandie Williams BUC 107 107
Eleanor Ghey BUC 2 2
Helen Fowler CAM 330 198
Lizzie Gill CAM 317 126
Anna Tyacke CORN 272 208
Rod Trevaskus CPAT 303 256
Jeff Spencer CPAT 9 9
Sarah Pevely DEN 19 19
Rachel Atherton DENO 801 583
Anja Rohde DENO 509 508
Tom Cadbury DEV 45 45
Danielle Wootton DEV 564 303
Ciorstaidh Hayward Trevarthen DOR 632 470
Laura McLean ESS 1776 1095
Kate Orr ESS 530 378
Helen Geake FAHG 43 43
Sam Moorhead FASAM 2 2
Sally Worrell FASW 3 3
Nina Steele GAT 53 44
Kurt Adams GLO 2432 516
Peter Page HAMP 1 1
Robert Webley HAMP 1662 1229
Richard Henry HAMP 102 102
Peter Reavill HESH 10327 703
I.H. Szymanski IHS 72 72
Frank Basford IOW 1786 1354
Adam Grey KENT 27 27
Jen Jackson KENT 766 598
Geoff Burr KENT 150 150
Dot Boughton LANCUM 203 177
Julie Stewart LANCUM 132 132
Stuart Noon LANCUM 395 393
Rebecca Czechowicz LEIC 335 335
Anna Booth LEIC 1151 827
Wendy Scott LEIC 963 953
Adam Daubney LIN 2292 2089
Chan Allen LIN 327 314
Kath Creed LON 539 530
Kate Sumnall LON 496 436
Felicity Winkley LON 383 379
Janny Baxter LVPL 177 173
Vanessa Oakden LVPL 995 934
Frances McIntosh LVPL 838 769
Julie Cassidy NARC 752 689
Robert Collins NCL 1118 649
Martin Foreman NLM 238 236
Lisa Staves NLM 379 359
Keiron Kinninmont NLM 10 10
Mark Lodwick NMGW 55 41
Katherine Robbins NMS 146 145
Hazel White NMS 101 99
Erica Darch NMS 278 151
Becky Crawford NMS 811 811
Ian Richardson PAS 1125 5
Jane Carr SF 1508 776
Andrew Brown SF 4212 2107
Jude Plouviez SF 11 1
Sarah Poppy SF 238 100
Faye Minter SF 272 172
Naomi Payne SOM 211 194
David Williams SUR 2101 746
Margaret Broomfield SUR 1578 1252
Diana Jones SUSS 253 224
Laura Burnett SUSS 2332 1689
Elizabeth Walker SUSS 187 186
Timothy Locke SUSS 18 17
Jack Coulthard SWYOR 1 1
Stuart Ward SWYOR 80 55
David Crowther SWYOR 319 236
Amy Downes SWYOR 2195 1575
Kevin Leahy WAW 289 289
Angie Bolton WAW 542 485
Katie Hinds WILT 1389 957
Alessandro Sogos WILT 2 2
Tom Brindle WMID 160 160
Teresa Gilmore WMID 970 648
Duncan WMID 981 684
Peter Bloore WMID 193 163
Rebecca Morris YORYM 751 535
York Volunteer YORYM 796 778
Liz Andrews-Wilson YORYM 2471 1282
Dom Andrews YORYM 340 313
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Quantities recorded per Institution

Institution Objects Records
BERK 976 400
BH 1626 1623
BM 1 1
BUC 1653 1513
CAM 688 365
CORN 272 208
CPAT 312 265
DEN 19 19
DENO 1310 1091
DEV 609 348
DOR 632 470
DUR 400 352
ESS 2306 1473
FAHG 2 2
FAKL 11 11
FASAM 2 2
FASW 3 3
GAT 53 44
GLO 2432 516
HAMP 1765 1332
HESH 10327 703
IHS 72 72
IOW 1786 1354
KENT 943 775
LANCUM 818 790
LEIC 2449 2115
LIN 2619 2403
LON 1154 1090
LVPL 1522 1436
NARC 752 689
NCL 1118 649
NLM 627 605
NMGW 55 41
NMS 1336 1206
PAS 1125 5
SF 6241 3156
SOM 211 194
SUR 3679 1998
SUSS 2790 2116
SWYOR 2595 1867
WAW 820 763
WILT 1655 1214
WMID 2304 1655
YORYM 4358 2908
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Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
240 159
BRONZE AGE 1014 492
BYZANTINE 8 8
EARLY MEDIEVAL 2163 1730
GREEK AND ROMAN PROVINCIAL 20 20
IRON AGE 1300 1013
MEDIEVAL 13938 10149
MESOLITHIC 1166 494
MODERN 286 242
NEOLITHIC 1087 817
PALAEOLITHIC 206 170
POST MEDIEVAL 9754 7590
ROMAN 34716 16511
UNKNOWN 530 447
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Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
BERK 95
BH 87
BM 0
BUC 117
CAM 23
CORN 30
CPAT 32
DEN 2
DENO 124
DEV 45
DOR 56
DUR 53
ESS 272
FAHG 1
FAKL 2
FASAM 1
FASW 3
GAT 3
GLO 46
HAMP 109
HESH 86
IHS 37
IOW 112
KENT 99
LANCUM 93
LEIC 194
LIN 190
LON 169
LVPL 211
NARC 70
NCL 73
NLM 43
NMGW 27
NMS 193
PAS 4
SF 163
SOM 2
SUR 227
SUSS 158
SWYOR 168
WAW 50
WILT 131
WMID 137
YORYM 383
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Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 4400 3637
February 5421 2692
March 3398 2834
April 6297 3189
May 5260 3762
June 4432 3305
July 3974 3260
August 13792 2788
September 4527 2780
October 5773 4229
November 5423 4337
December 3731 3029
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Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 13409 2806
208 2 2
209 2 2
1009 1 1
1889 1 1
1904 37 1
1910 1 1
1920 1 1
1935 1 1
1936 1 1
1939 1 1
1941 1 1
1948 1 1
1949 1 1
1950 2 2
1953 24 24
1955 2 2
1956 109 109
1957 1 1
1959 2 2
1960 12 12
1961 1 1
1965 1 1
1967 1 1
1969 3 3
1970 15 13
1972 6 6
1975 41 36
1976 9 4
1977 8 8
1978 1 1
1979 112 31
1980 18 18
1981 2 2
1982 38 38
1983 3 3
1984 2 2
1985 3 3
1986 5 5
1987 2 2
1988 87 75
1989 15 15
1990 418 375
1991 11 11
1992 19 19
1993 2 2
1994 31 31
1995 194 65
1996 18 13
1997 32 29
1998 40 30
1999 38 36
2000 258 184
2001 63 63
2002 135 120
2003 381 110
2004 460 183
2005 348 196
2006 603 347
2007 3143 827
2008 15060 10470
2009 31189 23490
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Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
No method of discovery recorded 1 1
No method of discovery recorded 22 22
Agricultural or drainage work 164 58
Building work 499 124
Chance find during metal detecting 3610 1383
Controlled archaeological investigation 1648 42
Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) 179 13
Controlled archaeological investigation (topsoil stripping) 1 1
Controlled archaeological investigation (unstratified) 1 1
Fieldwalking 1551 793
Gardening 2363 289
Metal detector 54543 36420
Metal detector during controlled archaeological investigation 93 83
Other chance find 1753 612
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Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 11570 7215
Coastland 434 168
Cultivated land 40133 30467
Grassland, Heathland 1217 814
Open fresh water 552 496
Other 3092 644
Wetlands 3 3
Woodland 9427 35
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Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 5080 2699
4 figure reference 1613 1426
6 figure reference 30660 20545
8 figure reference 20305 8155
10 figure reference 8632 6879
11 figure reference 1 1
12 figure reference 137 137
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