Research in progress using our data

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Research projects in progress or completed
Primary investigator Title Level End date
Ben Paites A study of the brooch assemblages in Roman Hampshire and Berkshire
I am currently writing my Undergraduate Dissertation at Cambridge University. I am conducting a study of the brooch assemblages in Roman Hampshire and Berkshire. My study is trying to determine the distribution of wealth throughout the area based on the complexity and level of decoration of th...		 Undergraduate 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
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
Brian Leigh Topic undecided
I'm currently undertaking a Diploma in Archaeology at Oxford Dept. of Continuing Education. I propose to use the PAS Database for the purposes of an extended project associated with this course. The topic is as yet undecided but may be associated with a geographical/temporal analysis of eith...		 Undergraduate 2012
carolina guimaraes Viking material culture in East Riding of Yorkshire
Dear Sir/Madame, I am currently an undergraduate at the University of Hull, basing my dissertational research on Viking material culture in East Riding of Yorkshire, and would like permission to access the PAS database for more detailed grid references. My intentions are to incorporate ...		 Undergraduate Unknown
Tony Hale Description and stylistic analysis of Roman Period belt buckles in British Regions
Final year P/T BA project: description and stylistic analysis of Roman Period belt buckles in British Regions, to detect influence on local belt set design from incoming later Roman germanic and other (e.g. Sarmatian) troops stationed in Britain, exploring motifs and folk meanings and mytholog...		 Undergraduate Unknown
Henry Webber How can modern Agricultural schemes and Heritage Management schemes be integrated further for future Archaeology.
I would like to become a research level user because I am starting my undergraduate dissertation titled - How can modern Agricultural schemes and Heritage Management schemes be integrated further for future Archaeology. Within this I am going to be looking at specific finds that farmers have f...		 Undergraduate Unknown
Tim Selby Investigating the relationship between the natural landscape and late Iron Age ritual foci
I am an undergraduate student at Durham University and for my dissertation I am investigating the relationship between the natural landscape and late Iron Age ritual foci. As my gateway into this undeniably large topic I am going to be conducting a survey of Somerset specifically. Looking at c...		 Undergraduate Unknown
Mark Lambert Are Roman finds recorded under the Portable Antiquities Scheme a useful source of supplementary information in advancing the study of Roman Wales?
My methodology is simple, in that I intend to compare and contrast Roman finds recorded under the PAS with Roman archaeology, in an attempt to elicit new information about Roman Wales. I cannot proceed any further without full access to the PAS database for Wales.  		 Undergraduate Unknown
Emma Nagouse Research Question: Articles of faith: assessing the impact of the Reformation on the material culture of devotion in 16th-century England.
 Through an examination of religious artefacts in the wake of the reformation, this dissertation will attempt to gain a fuller understanding of the fate of these "articles of faith" that had previously been so tightly woven into the fabric of everyday life. Items of both personal and private ...		 Undergraduate 2011
Jenni Gowans Roman brooches found on non-Roman sites, north of Hadrian's Wall
I am currently undertaking an archaeology undergraduate dissertation focusing on Roman brooches found on non-Roman sites, north of Hadrian's Wall.  Edinburgh University student.		 Undergraduate 2011
Philippa Wood Deserted Medieval village at Wordwell
To study the Deserted Medieval Village of Wordwell, Suffolk, through a geophysical survey and synthesis of field walking and desk based studies.		 Undergraduate 2011
Des Mullaney English Civil War and the Battle of Maidstone and environs in 1648
I am in my final year of a Degree course with the University of Kent. As part of my final year I have to do an Archaeological project. My project is based on the English Civil War and the Battle of Maidstone and environs in 1648. I am particularly focusing on the area around the Bridge at East...		 Undergraduate 2011
Mark Potential landing sites for the Roman invasion of Britain
I am currently studying for a BA in Archaeology at Bristol University, as a part-time student (Stu No: 0650869). My course enters the Level 3 phase this autumn and I will be commencing a dissertation. I am currently considering a re-assessment of evidence for identifying the potential land...		 Undergraduate 2011
Mike Pengelly Consideration of whether the Hog's Back Ridge between Guildford and Farnham represented a tribal boundary in the Middle to Later Iron Age and/or was part of a long distant trade route.
Consideration of whether the Hog's Back Ridge between Guildford and Farnham represented a tribal boundary in the Middle to Later Iron Age and/or was part of a long distant trade route. Research will feature on identification and typology of finds. This project forms part of my Dissertation fo...		 Undergraduate 2011
Matthew Deary Roman coin analysis
A study on what evidence coin hoards and site-finds of the Imperial period can provide us with, especially in regards to Roman Britain.		 Undergraduate Unknown
Ed Morrow What was the social, political and cultural impact of Scandinavian contact and settlement on the town of Torksey in the ninth to eleventh centuries?
"What was the social, political and cultural impact of Scandinavian contact and settlement on the town of Torksey in the ninth to eleventh centuries?" In order to answer this question I will be investigating how ethnic identity was expressed through material culture during this...		 Undergraduate 2011
Virginia Pringle Character of the Iron Age landscape in the Alton area of Hampshire
3rd year undergraduate at Winchester University currently preparing dissertation based on the character of the Iron Age landscape in the Alton area of Hampshire. Will be researching until May 2011.		 Undergraduate 2011
Dominic Coyne An Emperor's debt to York? An investigation into financial effects of the House of Constantine on the East Riding of Yorkshire in the Fourth Century AD
Beginning with his elevation to Caesar at York in AD 306, the reign of Constantine marked a new period of prosperity for the Empire. Using numismatic evidence from the PAS database and other sources, I aim to ascertain if the period of Constantine’s reign and that of his successors resulted ...		 Undergraduate 2011
Paul Dickinson To what extent has the Portable Antiquities Scheme (P.A.S.) in Leicestershire added to or changed our understanding of settlement in north-east Leicestershire during the Viking period
Leicestershire was part of the Danelaw. Scandinavian derived place names abound in the eastern side of the county suggesting Viking occupation, or some form of ownership, of a number of villages and hamlets. It is understood that 10th century inhabitants of the Wreake Valley in north- east Lei...		 Undergraduate Unknown

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