Archaeology on the web

information. There are lots of resources out there which they can use. They include the database that you may have looked at already, if you haven't go and take a look later.

By using the internet, an archaeologist has instant access to an huge amount of information or data, which allows them to work out what is happening with the piece of land on which they are trying to evaluate. They can look at lots of different places to find out more. For example, they might visit these web sites:

  1. The Land Registry website - this tells you who owns the land, they will have ownership of all the objects found as well. If they were treasure, then the Landowner is entitled to a reward if a museum wishes to claim it.
  2. The local Sites and Monuments record - not many of these are on the web, when they are, this will make archaeologist's jobs much easier!
  3. The MAGIC website - this is a government website, which gives loads of information about what the land is used for.
  4. The Ordance Survey website - this holds lots of really good maps. A useful tool, called get-a-map can give you the National Grid Reference for your parish or village! Why don't you go and try it.
  5. The Portable Antiquities Database - this is where the public records finds discovered by them when pursuing hobbies or work. It fills in the gaps on the Sites and Monuments record, which is primarily for data that comes from archaeological excavations.
  6. Museum and organisations websites - these quite often have galleries of objects, archaeologists can use these to help them identify objects.

The internet is a great tool, you don't need to be in your office or place of work to use it, and it allows you to print off, or save data to take away and use again.

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