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50 Finds From Surrey - Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Paperback, UK ed.)
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50 Finds From Surrey - Objects from the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Paperback, UK ed.)
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Objects dropped by our ancestors can tell us a lot about the past
and the landscape in which they were lost or deposited. Many finds,
notably those made by metal-detector users, have been recorded
throughout Surrey since 2003 by the Portable Antiquities Scheme,
which is based at the British Museum. The present county of Surrey
covers bands of different geological strata, such as clay and
chalk, and sand and gravel. These have influenced the activities of
past peoples, and where they lived and worked - and also where they
mostly avoided. By looking at objects discovered in Surrey, and by
recording where they were found, we can understand these activities
better and begin to see ancient peoples as they moved through
landscapes familiar to us today. Surrey has revealed its past to us
through finds of flint implements; through axes, hoards and ingots
from the Bronze Age; through Iron Age and Roman coins and
figurines, and through items lost in other historical periods, such
as buckles and brooches, seals and rings, weights and harness
attachments. Using recent discoveries of archaeological objects, 50
Finds from Surrey allows us to glimpse into a hidden past that is
all around us.
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