Europe
Archaeology - 26,575
Ethnography - 14,394
Either Arch or Eth - 923
From which it can be seen that archaeology is almost two thirds of the European collection up to 1945.
There are proportionally many more archaelogical items from the European collections than there are for the collections as a whole up to 1945 (the percentages then were 40 per cent Archaeology and 60 per cent Ethnographic]
Albania
Archaeology - 1
Ethnography - 173
Either Arch or Eth - 5
The Albanian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Andorra
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 3
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Andorran collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Austria
Archaeology - 14
Ethnography - 396
Either Arch or Eth - 14
The Austrian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Belarus
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 4
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Belarus collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Belgium
Archaeology - 257
Ethnography - 189
Either Arch or Eth - 9
Bosnia Herzegovina Yugoslavia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 144
Either Arch or Eth - 11
The Bosnian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Bulgaria
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 13
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Bulgarian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Croatia Yugoslavia
Archaeology - 2
Ethnography - 46
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Croatian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Cyprus
Archaeology - 270
Ethnography - 150
Either Arch or Eth - 4
Czech Republic
Archaeology - 4
Ethnography - 28
Either Arch or Eth - 0
Denmark
Archaeology - 665
Ethnography - 154
Either Arch or Eth - 3
Nearly two thirds of the archaeological items from Denmark are from the founding collection, archaeology is a large proportion of the total Danish collection up to 1945
Estonia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 4
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Estonian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Finland
Archaeology - 1
Ethnography - 175
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Finnish collections are dominated by ethnographic items
France
Archaeology - 3644
Ethnography - 885
Either Arch or Eth - 154
Germany
Archaeology - 87
Ethnography - 510
Either Arch or Eth - 40
Gibraltar
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 1
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Gibraltan collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Greece
Archaeology - 345
Ethnography - 204
Either Arch or Eth - 5
Hungary
Archaeology - 37
Ethnography - 45
Either Arch or Eth - 9
Iceland
Archaeology - 22
Ethnography - 57
Either Arch or Eth - 0
Ireland
Ethnography - 94
Either Arch or Eth - 39
There is a very high percentage of items which are not clearly archaeological or ethnographic for Irish objects, much higher than those from Northern Ireland or those which might be from either.
Ireland or Northern Ireland
Archaeology - 429
Ethnography - 75
Either Arch or Eth - 9
There is a far greater proportion of archaeological items which are not provenanced well than there are specifically provenanced to Ireland
Italy
Archaeology - 658
Ethnography - 1397
Either Arch or Eth - 68
Of the Italian ethnography items 270 are amulets
Latvia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 4
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Latvian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Lithuania
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 4
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Lithuanian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Macedonia Yugoslavia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 13
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Macedonian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Malta
Archaeology - 395
Ethnography - 40
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Maltese collections are dominated by archaeological items
Montenegro Yugoslavia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 61
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Montenegran collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
The Netherlands
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 138
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Dutch collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Norway
Archaeology - 35
Ethnography - 536
Either Arch or Eth - 8
The Norwegian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Poland
Archaeology - 1
Ethnography - 30
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Polish collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Portugal
Archaeology - 3
Ethnography - 180
Either Arch or Eth - 1
The Portugeuse collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Romania
Archaeology - 1
Ethnography - 21
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Romanian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Russia
Archaeology - 19
Ethnography - 456
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Russian collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Serbia Yugoslavia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 24
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Serbian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Slovakia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 2
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Slovakian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Slovenia
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 2
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Slovenian collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Spain
Archaeology - 51
Ethnography - 356
Either Arch or Eth - 3
The Spanish collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Sweden
Archaeology - 107
Ethnography - 538
Either Arch or Eth - 5
A lot of the Swedish ethnographic items were obtained by Henry Balfour and Arthur Evans
Switzerland
Archaeology - 676
Ethnography - 157
Either Arch or Eth - 2
Almost all of the archaeology is Lake Dwelling material mostly from Pitt Rivers
UK
Archaeology - 18,316
Ethnography - 6,762
Either Arch or Eth - 518
England
Archaeology - 16,213
Ethnography - 5,834
Either Arch or Eth - 464
Just under a third of the English archaeological objects came from the founding collection.
English archaeological items account for a whacking 38 per cent of all European archaeological items accessioned up to 1945
And 20 per cent of all archaeological items obtained throughout the world by 1946.
and 9 per cent of all the object obtained by the PRM up to end of 1945 (that is, nearly one in every ten objects acquired by 1946 was an English archaeological item). This vast collection has not been much studied or published upon and is possibly too poorly provenanced archaeologically (with very little of the usual archaeological find information) to be of great interest today?
Scotland
Archaeology - 362
Ethnography - 465
Either Arch or Eth - 20
Wales
Archaeology - 487
Ethnography - 113
Either Arch or Eth - 6
Northern Ireland
Archaeology - 650
Ethnography - 22
Either Arch or Eth - 15
Channel Islands
Archaeology - 320
Ethnography - 38
Either Arch or Eth - 2
Isle of Man
Archaeology - 4
Ethnography - 77
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Isle of Man collections are dominated by ethnographic items
Scilly Islands
Archaeology - 19
Ethnography - 3
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Scilly collections are dominated by archaeological items
The vast majority of all European archaeological items are from the UK and specifically from England.
Ukraine
Archaeology - 29
Ethnography - 48
Either Arch or Eth - 1
Vatican City
Archaeology - 0
Ethnography - 8
Either Arch or Eth - 0
The Vatican collections are 100 per cent ethnographic items
Top 12 archaeological collections up to 1945:
England - 16,213
France - 3,644
[Ireland and / or Northern Ireland - 1,270*]
Switzerland - 676
Denmark - 665
Italy - 658
Wales - 487
Malta - 395
Scotland - 362
Greece - 345
Channel Islands - 320
Cyprus - 270
We have included Ireland in the following chart although it is impossible to get a true figure for possible objects from North and South Ireland combined as so many archaeological items are double counted as both (this is as near as we can get and has been calculated by adding those definite just southern Ireland, those definitely Northern Ireland and those which are labelled as both).
Top 10 ethnographic collections up to 1945:
England - 5,834
Italy - 1,397
France - 885
Sweden - 538
Norway - 536
Germany - 510
Scotland - 465
Russia - 456
Austria - 396
Greece - 204
NB Note that although Balfour and PR did field collect SOME of the objects listed above in both charts the numbers relate to the objects they donated from the countries in question (the number of objects they themselves field collected from each of these countries will be smaller)
