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

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Finds recorded for this period

County Objects Records
LANCUM 681 501

Finds recorded by these 5 users

Fullname Username Institution Objects Records
Dot Boughton dboughton LANCUM 384 245
Stuart Noon snoon LANCUM 69 69
Alex Whitlock AlexIdris LANCUM 147 111
Katie Marsden kmarsden LANCUM 39 35
Carl Savage carlsav1 LANCUM 42 41
681 501

Quantities by period

Period Objects Records
BRONZE AGE 18 18
EARLY MEDIEVAL 11 11
IRON AGE 3 3
MEDIEVAL 122 121
MESOLITHIC 83 46
MODERN 5 5
NEOLITHIC 24 19
POST MEDIEVAL 227 118
ROMAN 174 146
UNKNOWN 14 14
681 501
Finds by period

Number of recorders per insitution

Institution Number of finders
LANCUM 81
81

Average per month

Month Objects Records
January 243 134
February 152 122
March 33 27
April 93 78
May 160 140
681 501

Year of discovery

Year Objects Records
No year recorded 99 88
0 5 5
2002 3 3
2010 11 11
2011 249 140
2012 314 254
681 501

Discovery method

Discovery method Objects Records
Agricultural or drainage work 5 5
Chance find during metal detecting 21 17
Controlled archaeological investigation 7 7
Fieldwalking 96 56
Metal detector 550 414
Other chance find 2 2
681 501

Type of landuse

Landuse Objects Records
No landuse recorded 68 39
Coastland 77 51
Cultivated land 479 365
Grassland, Heathland 30 26
Other 25 18
Woodland 2 2
681 501

Findspot precision

Grid reference precision Objects Records
No grid reference recorded 47 46
4 figure reference 26 17
6 figure reference 261 123
8 figure reference 82 56
10 figure reference 265 259
681 501

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