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50 Roman Finds From the Portable Antiquities Scheme highlights some
of the most important and interesting Roman objects recorded by the
Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) or reported as Treasure. It
features a wide variety of objects, allowing for a balanced
presentation of both well-preserved everyday objects and some of
the most spectacular finds to have been recorded by the PAS. Iconic
objects featured here include the Crosby Garrett helmet and the
Ilam pan. Collectively, the fifty examples featured here exemplify
the cosmopolitan culture of the Roman world and help shed further
light on a fascinating period of British history.
In 2007 the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) marked its tenth
anniversary by holding a conference at which speakers, both from
within the Scheme and outside gave a series of papers that
demonstrated the research potential of recording finds of
archaeological objects made by members of the public. This volume
contains papers given at that conference together with a number of
other contributions. PAS started as six pilot schemes in 1997 and
became a national network across England and Wales in 2003. The
core aim of PAS has always been to minimise the loss to our
heritage caused by the failure to record systematically objects
found by the public metal-detector users, amateur field-walkers and
chance finders. The reason for recording these objects is to create
a resource that can be used at many different levels as a resource
for school projects purposes, for studying the history of ones
local area, or for academic research. Contents: Foreword (Roger
Bland); 1) The Portable Antiquities Schemes Database: its
development for research since 1998 (Daniel E. J. Pett); 2) The
Portable Antiquities Scheme: the contribution of lithics and lithic
scatters (Clive Jonathon Bond); 3) Metal Detecting Rallies and
Landscape Archaeology: recreating lost landscapes on the Berkshire
downs (Kate Sumnall and Paula Levick); 4) An Assessment of the
Archaeological Research Dividends of the Portable Antiquities
Scheme: a case study of Bronze Age metalwork from East Anglia
(Nisha Doshi); 5) Celtic Art, GIS Analysis and the Portable
Antiquities Scheme (Duncan Garrow); 6) New Evidence for Iron Age
Sword Strap Fasteners Identified by PAS (Liz Andrews-Wilson); 7)
Iron Age Warwickshire: has the Portable Antiquities Scheme made a
difference? (Angie Bolton); 8) Changing Objects in Changing Worlds:
dragonesque brooches and beaded torcs (Fraser Hunter); 9) The Cult
of Totatis: evidence for tribal identity in mid Roman Britain (Adam
Daubney); 10) The Portable Antiquities Scheme and Roman Rural
Settlement: some preliminary work on Wiltshire (Tom Brindle); 11)
Portable Antiquities in the Roman Frontier Rob Collins (Expanding
the Frontiers: how the Portable Antiquities Scheme database
increases knowledge of Roman coin use in England (Sam Moorhead);
12) Early Anglo-Saxon Brooches in Southern England: the
contribution of the Portable Antiquities Scheme (Laura McLean); 13)
Beyond the Tribal Hidage: using portable antiquities to explore
early Anglo-Saxon kingdoms in southern England (Sue Harrington and
Martin Welch); 14) The Changing Face of Saucer-brooch Distribution,
1912 - 1977 - 1997 2007 (Tania Dickinson); 15) A Productive Site at
Bidford-on-Avon, Warwickshire: salt, communication and trade in
Anglo-Saxon England (John Naylor and Julian D. Richards); 16)
Medieval Copper-alloy Mace-heads from England, Scotland and Wales
(Adam Daubney); 17) Widespread Devotion: new insights from the
Portable Antiquities Scheme into medieval pilgrim trinkets (Geoff
Egan); 18) Personal and Impersonal Impressions: identity revealed
through seals (John Cherry); 19) Searching with a Fine-toothed
Comb: combs for humans and horses on the Portable Antiquities
Scheme database (Steven P. Ashby and Angie Bolton).
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