Research in progress using our data

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Research projects in progress or completed
Primary investigator Title Level End date
Dean Paton Polygonize the township and parish boundaries of Wirral
I have a GIS-based project that I wish to complete by May. I am planning to map out and polygonize the township and parish boundaries of Wirral, differentiating between natural boundaries (streams, coastlines, etc) and straight, man-made boundaries such as road-ways. I aim to use this as base-...		 Masters degree Unknown
Tudor Skinner Changing patterns of activity in the environs around documented and place-name attested assembly sites of the early medieval period in the northeast of England
My PhD thesis examines changing patterns of activity in the environs around documented and place-name attested assembly sites of the early medieval period in the northeast of England, such as the later Hundreds of Domesday or earlier attestations such as Bede's Yeavering. This intends to remov...		 PhD level research Unknown
Will Burnham Palace sites of King Edwin
I am attempting to identify possible palace sites of King Edwin in Deira using various forms of both archaeological and historical data. I hoped to use the Portable Antiquity scheme to identify physical remains that could be linked to Edwin in the area. Combining this with other information in...		 Masters degree Unknown
Chris Roberts Depiction of animal heads on cruciform brooches
My project explores how ideas, social customs, and social tastes spread during times of migration and social transition. I am exploring how the depiction of animal heads on cruciform brooches from the 5th and 6th centuries AD were employed in Britain, Germany, Scandinavia and the Netherlands t...		 PhD level research Unknown
Gerald Cramp Research for the KAS newsletter
I am conducting research into the distribution and manufacture of medieval pottery and tiles. I am part of the Shorne Woods Heritage project including the excavation of the medieval manor of Randall. I have just conducted archaeological excavations at Hartley Church where such material was fou...		 Personal research project Unknown
Paul Sealey Museum interpretation
Curator of Archaeology at Colchester & Ipswich Museum. Using PAS & CCI data to aid with information for museum redisplay.		 Personal research project Unknown
John Hunt Personal research on medieval material culture
I am a medievalist whose research interests include medieval material culture. I work particularly on the period between the 8th and 14th centuries, but early Anglo-Saxon material culture also falls within my research and teaching remits. I also work on medieval landscape, locality and lordshi...		 Personal research project Unknown
Belle Neilson Anglo-Saxon brooches in Hampshire
How has the Portable Antiquities Scheme added to our knowledge of Anglo-Saxon brooches in Hampshire? I am a second year undergraduate student at Cardiff University and am about to start an independent study which will be looking at Anglo-Saxon brooches in Hampshire. I would like permiss...		 Undergraduate Unknown
Dave Snowden Battle of Evesham of 1265
Writing a new account of the Battle of Evesham of 1265, with a summary of the archaeology surrounding the battle including investigation of the Battlewell conservation area, to be published in 2015 for the 750th anniversary of the Battle of Evesham.		 Personal research project Unknown
Lizzi Zoomorphic bronze jugs and pateras
I will be looking at Bronze Jugs and Pateras focusing specifically on those with animal head decoration from Roman Britain. This is a very understudied area of Roman Britain with only two papers written by Eggers in the 60s and Nuber in the 70s. I intend to gather details of every known exampl...		 Masters degree Unknown
Christopher Coombe TBA
I am studying for an MA in Archaeology at Reading University , taking modules in Roman Material Culture and the Archaeology of Money: Coins, Power and Society. Matreial available through research at the PAS will be very helpful for the essays and coursework.		 Masters degree Unknown
Brian Buchanan Late Roman transition of Northumbria
My Phd research focuses on the late-Roman through early-medieval transition time period. I am examining two study areas in the former kingdom of Northumbria; one north of Hadrian's Wall in the Milfield Basin and another in the Yorkshire Wolds. I am using GIS to examine settlement patterns to...		 PhD level research Unknown
Martin Bell The Bronze Age in the Severn Estuary
I am preparing a monograph on The Bronze Age in the Severn Estuary (including Somerset Levels) for publication as a Council for British Archaeology Research Report. The bulk of this monograph comprises reports on my Severn Estuary wetland excavations at Redwick, Peterstone, Brean Down and a nu...		 Major publication Unknown
John Sills Celtic Coin Index maintenance (card index)
I maintain the card index for the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford.		 Personal research project Unknown
Donald Mackreth Brooch research
Although having published my Brooches in Late Iron Age and Roman Britain, better known amongst the cognoscenti as Donald's Big Book of Brooches for Kiddies and Archaeologists, the task continues. The Scheme means that I have the means of, for no real effort, to test the distributions as well a...		 Personal research project Unknown
Alice Cannings Wiltshire 410-1500AD: A study of the contributions of metal detecting to the county
For my undergraduate degree I completed my dissertation on the distribution of Anglo-Saxon and medieval finds in Wiltshire to identify if the distribution of finds could tell us more about areas which are not as well known in the historical/archaeological record.  This also incorporated a d...		 Undergraduate 2008
Steve Impact of the Portable Antiquities Scheme
My dissertation will look at the the first ten years or so of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the impact the scheme has had on the Archaeology of the West Midlands region and its contribution to our understanding of the historical landscape, from its inception in 1997 to the last major rev...		 Masters degree Unknown
Chris Howgego The monetization of Temperate Europe
Keeper of the Heberden Coin Room, Ashmolean Museum, Oxford. Access requested to support university teaching within the University of Oxford and for research, specifically for a current project on 'The monetization of Temperate Europe'.		 Major publication Unknown
Abi Tompkins Western Midlands from the Post Roman, through the Early Medieval period
I would like to become a research level user as I intend to use the PAS for my Doctoral study on the Western Midlands from the Post Roman, through the Early Medieval period. I am currently a Masters student at Oxford University, reading Early Medieval Archaeology. I would need access to...		 PhD level research 2014
Andrew Poyer Landscape setting of Bronze Age metalwork deposits in Central Britain
I am currently in the first year of my PhD at the University of Sheffield researching the landscape setting of Bronze Age metalwork deposits in Central Britain, an area incorporating Northumberland, Durham, Teeside, North East Cumbria and the Eastern Scottish Borders. As part of my study I wil...		 PhD level research 2014

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