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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
Northumberland 210 121

Finds recorded by these 4 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Emma Morris emorris DUR 3 3
Robert Collins rcollins NCL 179 90
Lucy Cummings lcummings NCL 18 18
Erin Slack eslack NCL 10 10
210 121

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
EARLY MEDIEVAL 2 2
MEDIEVAL 77 47
MESOLITHIC 1 1
MODERN 1 1
NEOLITHIC 30 8
POST MEDIEVAL 78 41
ROMAN 19 19
UNKNOWN 2 2
210 121

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
DUR 2
NCL 30
32

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 42 25
February 75 27
March 46 36
April 8 8
May 39 25
210 121

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 31 31
2003 18 1
2007 1 1
2009 5 5
2011 98 50
2012 57 33
210 121

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Building work 18 1
Controlled archaeological investigation (stratified) 2 2
Fieldwalking 1 1
Metal detector 189 117
210 121

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 43 23
Cultivated land 147 95
Other 20 3
210 121

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 2 2
6 figure reference 64 56
8 figure reference 92 28
10 figure reference 52 35
210 121

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