Archaeological Hoards API

Use this API to turn scattered archaeological hoard lists into searchable data for history, museum, education, and research products. It exposes normalized JSON endpoints with practical filters, source metadata, and lightweight reference tables so developers can add lookup and discovery features without maintaining their own scraper or curation pipeline.

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Use Cases

build archaeology and museum collection filters
enrich history apps with notable hoard discoveries
compare finds by period, region, or material

Access

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Endpoints

GET/api/archaeologicalhoards/hoards

List archaeological hoards or filter by name, country, region, period, material, discovery year, or free text.

Query parameters: name, country, region, period, material, discovered_from, discovered_to, q, limit

/api/archaeologicalhoards/hoards?name=example&country=example

GET/api/archaeologicalhoards/countries

List countries and broad areas represented in the dataset.

/api/archaeologicalhoards/countries

GET/api/archaeologicalhoards/periods

List archaeological or historical periods represented in the dataset.

/api/archaeologicalhoards/periods

GET/api/archaeologicalhoards/materials

List material classes inferred from hoard contents.

/api/archaeologicalhoards/materials

GET/api/archaeologicalhoards/sources

List Wikipedia source pages used for collection.

/api/archaeologicalhoards/sources

Pricing

Basic: $0/day for 10 requests. Evaluation tier for testing the API in prototypes.
Pro: $9/month for 10000 requests. Small production apps, internal tools, and niche content sites.
Business: $29/month for 100000 requests. Higher-volume apps, catalog enrichment, and recurring data workflows.

Data Notes

Source: Wikipedia. Refresh cadence: 30d. Records include source attribution when exposed by the API response.

Primary table: hoards