TY - T1 - Medieval Commercial Sites: as seen through Portable Antiquities Scheme data SN - / UR - http://hdl.handle.net/10138/329293 T3 - A1 - Oksanen, Eljas; Lewis, Michael A2 - PB - Y1 - 2020 LA - eng AB - This paper explores some 220,000 medieval objects recorded in the Portable Antiquities Scheme (PAS) online database of archaeological small finds through Geographic Information System analysis of their relationship with contemporary market sites. First, an overview of the contents of the PAS database is presented in terms of its spatial and ‘object type’ distribution. Second, the relationship of the medieval finds data against documentary evidence of commercial activity is investigated at a nati... VO - IS - SP - OP - KW - 615 History and Archaeology; aoristic analysis; small finds; coins; assemblages; markets; metal-detecting N1 - PP - ER -