The Portable Antiquities Scheme's Database source code

Abstract

This software record holds version 1.1 of the codebase (2015 - 2021) for the Portable Antiquities Scheme's (PAS) database. This is a repository for the current generation of the Portable Antiquities Scheme Website, a British Museum project that encourages the voluntary recording of archaeological artefacts found by the public in England and Wales. $$ $$These artefacts are found while carrying out a wide range of activities including metal-detecting. The first record was made in 1998, the half-million mark was reached in March 2010, and the millionth object, a Roman coin from the Seaton hoard, was recorded in September 2014. The current total stands at 1.6 million objects and nearly 1 million records and 600, 000 images.$$ $$The live version of the database can be accessed via $\href{https://finds.org.uk/database}{\text{https://finds.org.uk/database}}$ $$ $$There is a copy of this version of the codebase that can also be accessed in Zenodo and the version controlled repository is available in Github (see related links below). $$ $$More information about the code itself, technology stack and how to deploy the database can be found in the “README.md” file and on Github in the wiki system.