Statistical analysis of the database for DURHAM for Sunday 1st January 2012 until Wednesday 30th May 2012

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
Durham 221 204

Finds recorded by these 5 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Jason Lundock jasonlundock BM 70 70
Emma Morris emorris DUR 147 130
Philippa Walton pwalton NCL 1 1
Robert Collins rcollins NCL 1 1
Gary Bankhead garybankhead PUBLIC 2 2
221 204

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
EARLY MEDIEVAL 6 6
MEDIEVAL 31 28
MESOLITHIC 9 1
MODERN 1 1
NEOLITHIC 14 8
POST MEDIEVAL 22 22
ROMAN 135 135
UNKNOWN 3 3
221 204

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
BM 2
DUR 21
NCL 2
PUBLIC 0
25

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 14 14
February 89 72
March 64 64
April 8 8
May 46 46
221 204

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 72 72
2011 120 103
2012 29 29
221 204

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Controlled archaeological investigation 2 2
Gardening 1 1
Metal detector 180 163
Other chance find 38 38
221 204

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 34 34
Cultivated land 145 128
Open fresh water 40 40
Other 2 2
221 204

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 1 1
6 figure reference 81 64
8 figure reference 73 73
10 figure reference 66 66
221 204

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