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The Portable Antiquities Scheme:Digitally recording our past
Daniel [email protected] Advisor@portableant
Public recording of discovery:Big Society model?
Citizen science?Archaeological destruction?
The Portable Antiquities Scheme
▪ First database online in 2001▪ The HLF funded next iteration at £150K▪ Holds data for over 950,000 objects▪ Since 2006 developed entirely by speaker▪ Huge open source, bespoke CMS▪ Most recent iteration cost £48 + salary▪ Online audience has grown 63% in last year▪ Over ½ million visitors in 2012 & 2013▪ Annual budget of £5,000 for web production▪ Resource for a niche audience▪ Big stories get huge attention spike ▪ Over 1 million pages of html content and similar machine readable
Who Owns the Past?The variance of the law within the UK
England & Wales
▪ Apart from Treasure, all archaeological finds are (normally) the property of the landowner. Only Treasure must be reported.
Scotland
▪ All archaeological finds are potential Treasure Trove. All finds must be reported.
Northern Ireland
▪ Apart from Treasure, all archaeological finds are normally the property of the landowner. All finds must be reported.
19976 Pilot centres for recording
2003National coverage (excluding Scotland)
23,800 contributors
Unique visitors 2003
c. 10,000
Unique visitors 2006
165,118Volume of visitors has grown 3 fold since 2006. Same budget, different
technology.
Unique visitors 2011
463,160
Unique visitors 2012
519,180** 12% increase on previous year.
Research projects
415
Registered users
6,700
Multi-vocal data capture
604 individuals
Indexed pages on Google
8,652,350 !!!
Magnificent finds
Frome (Somerset) Hoard
Crosby Garrett (Lancashire) Helmet
Real time data capture
Multiple formats<objects xsi:schemaLocation="http://www.heritage-standards.org/midas/schema/1.0 http://www.heritage-standards.org/midas/schema/1.0/midas_object.xsd"><object><recordmetadata><created><createdon>2011-01-21 15:11:18</createdon><createdby><appellation><name>Frank Basford</name><identifier namespace="PAS">fbasford</identifier></appellation></createdby></created><lastupdated><lastupdatedon>2011-01-21 17:44:00</lastupdatedon><lastupdatedby><appellation><name>Frank Basford</name><identifier namespace="PAS">fbasford</identifier></appellation></lastupdatedby></lastupdated></recordmetadata>
{"recordID":"425728","finds":[{"created2":"2011 01 21","description":"<p>A fragment of a post-Medieval cast copper-alloy 'crotal bell' (c. 1500-c. 1650). The fragment is part of the lower hemisphere and the straight edge is one side of the sound slit. The outer face has a 'fish scale' design that encloses a maker's mark: S G. It has a shiny mid-green patina on the outer face and a dull matt green patina on the inner face. The breaks are crisp. 54.9 x 37.7 x 2.1mm. Weight: 29.03g.<\/p>", ……..
Mobile optimised via Bootstrap
Open source commitment
Other engagement
http://tracemedia.co.uk/lostchange
▪ Open source▪ Mobile device optimised ▪ Builds on 8 years of Open Licensed data▪ Builds on Tracemedia’s work with mapping Wikipedia▪ Funded by CreativeWorks London (AHRC) grant of £5,000▪ Could be taken further with funding▪ Could be applied easily to other collections
http://www.dayofarchaeology.com
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