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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
South Yorkshire 570 205

Finds recorded by these 6 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Robert Collins rcollins NCL 1 1
Martin Foreman mforeman NLM 3 3
Wakefield Volunteer wakefield SWYOR 35 32
carole bloom bloom SWYOR 9 9
Amy Downes acooper SWYOR 476 121
Mary Blevins mblevins SWYOR 46 39
570 205

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 5 2
EARLY MEDIEVAL 3 3
IRON AGE 4 3
MEDIEVAL 73 49
MESOLITHIC 21 18
MODERN 1 1
NEOLITHIC 47 31
POST MEDIEVAL 76 41
ROMAN 226 36
UNKNOWN 114 21
570 205

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
NCL 1
NLM 3
SWYOR 35
39

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 243 69
February 88 41
March 112 10
April 66 51
May 61 34
570 205

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 373 129
1990 1 1
2005 1 1
2009 2 2
2010 1 1
2011 52 48
2012 140 23
570 205

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 27 22
Building work 1 1
Chance find during metal detecting 14 6
Fieldwalking 264 64
Gardening 6 3
Metal detector 183 82
Other chance find 75 27
570 205

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 6 6
Cultivated land 462 191
Grassland, Heathland 2 2
Other 100 6
570 205

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 6 6
4 figure reference 1 1
6 figure reference 301 125
8 figure reference 262 73
570 205

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