I am currently in the process of preparing for next year and I would really benefit from more in-depth knowledge on some of the artefacts. The aim of my dissertation is to investigate and understand the decorative Carolingian metalwork distribution in England and how it impacted the ident…

I am studying an MA in medieval archaeology at the university of York and my dissertation is focused on medieval coinage from 1279-1485 in the county of Cumberland. I will be using museum collections, coins found during excavations and the PAS in order to create a database of the class an…

Using the evidence of coin finds as recorded on the databases of the Portable Antiquities Scheme and the Corpus of Early Medieval Coin Finds, I intend to study the uses of coins in the mid Anglo-Saxon period (roughly AD 650 to AD 870) in the area of north Buckinghamshire, north Bedfordshi…

I'm an MSc student at University College London studying GIS and Spatial Analysis in archaeology. I am writing my Masters dissertation on the distribution of Bronze Age metalwork hoards and single finds across England. I am hoping to explore the patterns of distribution in relation to set…

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…

Using landscape archaeology and the detailed topographic information found in Anglo-Saxon boundary clauses, this research project sets out to reconstruct the network of routes that served economy and society in eighth- to eleventh-century Wessex. The project sets out to explore what the …

I'm writing a pre-set essay for my Master of Studies in Classical Archaeology. I'm looking at how PAS data, combined with our knowledge of the Hoxne and Patching hoards, changes our understanding of the later fourth and fifth century Britain. I'm combining the distributions of coinage and…

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 would like to become a research level user in order to look at some early Medieval finds from Oxfordshire and Berkshire in more detail. I'm currently working on a paper with my colleague from the UCL Institute of Archaeology, Dr Stuart Brookes, on the Viking defences at Reading a…

I am currently undertaking preliminary research with regards to my undergraduate dissertation, due for completion summer 2014. The broad research subject is to consider the case for a late fourth century reorganisation of the Diocese of the Britains. This project will be building upon…

My dissertation topic concerns the composition of Viking period hoards in the North-West of England with special consideration for the iconography of coins in these hoards. This study will review coinage from all regions during the Viking world and discuss the social, political and/or…

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 currently studying for an AHRC funded PhD in Archaeology at the University of Bristol. My PhD focuses on investigating the Viking Age cemeteries at Repton in Derbyshire, through isotopic analyses of human remains. I am carrying out strontium and oxygen analyses of tooth enamel…

I am a third year undergraduate studying Archaeology with Forensic Science at the University of Exeter. My dissertation is an investigation into the distribution of Roman fortifications in Devon and Cornwall. In addition to interpreting the location of known Roman fortifications, I will b…

My Phd is on the Monastic Order of the Gilbertines founded around 1130, notable both for its double houses, containing canons and nuns, and the claim of later historians that it was the only truly 'English Order'. Of the original twenty-five monastic houses, eleven have been destroyed or …

I would like the research level access to PAS in connection with my MPhil research on Field-names in Somerset.

Identifying find-spots would be useful but also incorporating data in my ArcGIS analysis.

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…

An IRC funded PhD research at UCD The primary aim of this project is to investigate human activity strategies and landscape usage in Leicestershire after the complete retreat of the Devensian ice fields, a period witnessing the re-colonisation and settlement of the…

Account upgrade requested in connection with academic research project into the 12th-century 'Anarchy'.

The focus of my research. Using a variety of investigative techniques, including the use of PAS data, to determine the contribution of metal detecting to the archaeology of Early Medieval Lincolnshire and through this to gain further insight and understanding into the development (parame…