Collection Provincial Archaeological Depot API

In the Provincial Archaeological Depot for the soil finds, the province of Zuid-Holland preserves and manages its archaeological finds: https://archeologie.zuid-holland.nl. The depot lends these finds and documentation to museums and other cultural institutions. This can be for scientific research but also for activities that aim to introduce a broad audience to archaeology. The findings in the depot vary in age from 7500 years to 100 years old. The oldest excavation documentation that emerged from archaeological research dates back to 1947. The collection consists mainly of finds such as pottery, glass, bone and metal. A small part of the collection consists of objects made of organic material, such as leather messcheds, wooden objects and fish chicks from thin branches. The accompanying documentation contains the exact location of the find(s) and their possible interlinkages. In this way, it remains possible to look at old excavations with new insights and to draw new conclusions. The municipalities of The Hague, Rijswijk, Gouda, Rotterdam, Leiden, Gorinchem, Dordrecht, Delft and Vlaardingen have their own municipal depot and manage the finds and documentation themselves within the boundaries of their municipalities.