Topic modeling is very popular at the moment in the digital humanities. A recent tutorial on getting started with this tool explains them as tools for extracting topics or injecting semantic meaning into vocabularies: "Topic models represent a family of computer programs that extract topi…

The purpose of this research project is to collate and evaluate the evidence of Bronze Age human presence and activity in the Weald of Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent. The collected data will form the basis to establish settlement patterns and land use; did the differing geological are…

I am currently carrying out reserach into the archaeological and environmental evolution of the Glaslyn Estuary, Gwynedd. The project has been going for two years and to date we have carried extensive survey in the estuary and the excvation of a multi-period (Mesolithic - Iron Age) rocksh…

I am carrying out a search for archaeological connections between East Sussex and Seine-Maritime in Upper Normandy for an exhibition I am preparing for the two regional authorities funded by InterReg. I am a qualified archaeologist and am working closely with the East Sussex HER an…

I am looking at putting together a hoards database, initially for the Iron Age and Romano-British period. PAS will be used as one of the sources of information. No such database is currently available to the best of my knowledge. The project will probably take at least 3 years and has the…

I am putting together a little experiment (personal research project) on how easy it is to use and re-use digital records and datasets for research. One of my test subjects is the bronze palstave. I am going to write a blog post about this and use my results for a conference paper. The pu…

I am an established researcher and teacher in early medeval archaeology (for career details and publications see www.chrisscull.co.uk) for whom research-level access to the PAS database would be of great value for my long-term work on society, eco…

I work for Herefordshire Heritage Services and am responsible for accessioning and displaying treasure items acquired by our museum service. I regularly produce exhibition text and researcher level access would help with this work. The need would be on-going. I also produce a lec…

The purpose of this research project is to collate and evaluate the evidence of Bronze Age human presence and activity in the Weald of Hampshire, Sussex, Surrey and Kent. The collected data will form the basis to establish settlement patterns and land use; did the differing geological are…

Ritual sites & practices in the Iron Age & Roman periods (particluarly 1st century AD) specifically in Leicestershire/ Northamptonshire but also looking at wider trends. This is based around the excavation and publication of the Hallaton Hoard in Leicestershire. Research has bee…

Within my research on dress accessories and other medieval material culture (early, later and post-medieval) I use the PAS data extensively. I use the data for my personal research projects, but also in my role as the Assistant Keeper of Medieval Archaeology in the Ashmolean Museum. As pa…

My research broadly speaking is early medieval state formation. I have studied coinage and other artefacts to learn more about the early medieval economy. I want to both continue to look early medieval state formation and branch out to look at Later Prehistoric situations. Previous…

The nature of rural settlement patterns and the economy during the Roman occupation of Britain from the Claudian invasion of AD 43 to the end of the fourth century in Hampshire and West Sussex formed the focus of this research. The objective is to define a method of measuring the a…

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 wa…

Curator of Archaeology at Colchester & Ipswich Museum. Using PAS & CCI data to aid with information for museum redisplay.

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 lo…

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.

I maintain the card index for the Celtic Coin Index at Oxford.

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 w…

Distribution of finds in the mid Essex area, particularly those in Chelmsford Brentwood and Billericay, and being acquired by Chelmsford Museum .